cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to work hard at one's lessons
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
height of; middle of; full bloom
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
charging (electrically); electrification
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to fan; to incite; to instigate
to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
matcha; powdered green tea
float; raft; float (beverage with ice cream on top); float (finance)
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
day after day; day by day
to control; to command; to get the better of
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January