gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring); first ten days of the fourth lunar month
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
blue; sad; down (in the dumps)
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
to recall; to remember; to recollect
had better ...; had better not ...
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
why; how; for what reason
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
attribute; property; attribute; alignment (in a role-playing game); element (of an enemy or attack); type (of dealt damage); (character) type
that's the way it is; such is life
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
to throw at; to turn; to raise
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
deep inside; innermost place
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move