busy; having no (free) time
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
anything and everything; just about everything
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
progress; advance; improvement; development
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
drama; theatre; theater; play
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
thereupon; shortly thereafter
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess