textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
after school (at the end of the day)
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
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)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
(not so) much; (not) very
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
personal; individual; private
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
blunder; slip; error; error
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to examine someone's expression
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter