disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
offender; criminal; culprit
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
two times; twice; two degrees
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
deceased; late; dead; departed
interior; inside; internal
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
about; on; regarding; per; for every
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
opening ceremony (of the school term)
since; henceforth; ever since
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
your daughter; young woman
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed