subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
with a start; with a jump
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
at a loss for words; stumped for words
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
day after day; day by day
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
to re-enter; to rejoin; to re-enrol
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
to relax; to feel at home
frequency (of occurrence)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
extracurricular activities
to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour
demonstration; show of force
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
reaching; attaining; arrival
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to move forward; to move on
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face