poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
guard; security (officer); guardsman
each place; various places
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
ponkan orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth); to clean out (ears)
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
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
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
previous generation; former ages
this and that (esp. complaining or protesting); something or other
second generation; second; junior
first generation; founder