elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to turn towards; to point
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
(not) a single person; (no) one
low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ
to be able to manage somehow or another
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
report; notification; registration
adviser; advisor; consultant
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to cease; to stop; to be over
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
this and that; various things
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
no matter how much time passes
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
outsourcing; subcontracting
out-sourcing; outsourcing
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune