influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to laugh away; to laugh off
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
plainly; clearly; vividly
visual hallucination; vision
minimum; at the very least
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
extraterrestrial life; ET
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks