to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
ignition; catching fire; setting on fire
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
great laughter; burst of laughter
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
nervousness; oversensitivity
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
returning from school; going home from school
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different