dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
plants and animals; flora and fauna
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
menial; meanness; servility; abject
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
family; members of a family
senior high school; high school
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricata, types of edible seaweed)
results; record; grades; marks
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
type A (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
older sister; elder sister
school of one's (first, second) choice
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to be helpful; to be useful
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
appearance; figure; shape; form
act of violence; violent behavior
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)