to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
recently; lately; these days
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
living by oneself; living alone
maid; helper; help; assistance
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
trivial; not amounting to much
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to move (house); to change residence
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
mobilization; mobilisation
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
class meeting; classroom assembly
meeting for reading research papers
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
study; pursuit of knowledge
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
high achiever; student with good academic results
research publication; scholarly publication
results; record; grades; marks
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
studies; schoolwork; classwork
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay