exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
tree stump; stubble (rice, etc.)
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
company name; corporate name
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
fragile article; breakables; broken article
this occasion; at this time; now
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to hit; to beat; to shout at; to yell at
society; public; community; social studies
older sister; lass; young lady
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
unmistakable; evident; outright; authentic
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu
all eyes; public attention
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
to make a copy (of); to copy (down); to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
full memorization; full memorisation
memory; ability to remember
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel