surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to manage something successfully; to be successful
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
crawling forward (on one's stomach)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
departure (from a base); takeoff; launch; starting (to move; of a car); start; moving off
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
club activities; extracurricular activities
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
end of term; end of semester
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up
very important person; super star; super big shot
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
pale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus; elf-fire; fen-fire
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
focus (of a lens); focal point; point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
and (also); both ... and; as well as
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
(opening) with a clatter; loudly; flinging (open); (changing) completely; dramatically; suddenly
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last