it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
scenery; scene; landscape
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
way one walks; one's walk
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
stealthy steps; soft steps
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to be surprised; to be astonished
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
use; utilization; utilisation; application
the real criminal; true culprit
to bend; to warp; to curve
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything