honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
(your) choice; preference; wish
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to be too numerous; to be too much
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
actor; actress; player; performer
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
reality; actuality; hard fact
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
unfortunately; regrettably