cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
while; during; while; although; all; both
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
participation; joining; entry; adherence
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
program (e.g. TV); programme
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school