may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
near; close; beside; third person
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
head of the student council; president of the student council
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
such; this sort of; like this
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to apologize; to apologise
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)