to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
has reached its limit; has reached its peak
school trip; field trip; excursion; long walk; excursion (on foot)
action committee; executive committee
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
pickling in salt; food preserved in salt; holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused
attendance (at school); going to school
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
centre; center; center fielder
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
as a child; when one was a child
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
senior high school student
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi
occasional; infrequent; rare
the early bird gets the worm
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to lose interest (in); to grow less enthusiastic
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
to feel dizzy; to feel faint; to spin; to revolve; to twirl
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
elegance; taste; refinement
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
transfer student; student changing schools