suspicious-looking; fishy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
second-year student; biennial
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
script; screenplay; scenario
in comparison to; rather than
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
until now; so far; up to the present
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
progress; advance; improvement; development
I see; that's right; indeed
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend