sluggishness after few days off
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
to mix; to stir; to blend
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
pupil; student; schoolchild
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
wide-open; frank; open; candid
to seem; to appear likely
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
stairs; stairway; staircase
corridor; hallway; passageway
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by