stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
personal history; background; career
roaming; drifting about; wandering; drifting (with the current, on the tide, etc.)
Gothic (style, e.g. in architecture); sans serif (typeface); gothic
Lolita (fashion style); young girl; childlike young woman
arrogance; haughtiness; pride
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
synchronization; synchronized swimming
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
to square one's shoulders (in order to intimidate)
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
whistle (sound made with the lips)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
of course; certainly; naturally
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)
staffroom; teachers' lounge; faculty lounge
great wisdom; excellent disposition; strength (to face something); willpower; vigor
naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
young and energetic; up-and-coming
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)