class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
declaration of war; proclamation of war
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
short homeroom (at the beginning and end of the school day)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
senior high school; high school
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
multi-purpose auditorium; multi-purpose hall
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
person in charge; official; attendant
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
while; even though; despite
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial