joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
countenance; features; looks
cheap edition; low-priced edition; popular edition
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be reminded of; to call to mind
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
this and that; various things
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension