person who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
galge; video game centered on interactions with attractive anime-style girls
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to become senile; to show signs of decline; to lose one's edge; to lose one's touch; to lose one's astuteness
including ...; inclusive of ...; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
to manage something successfully; to be successful
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to steal; to rob; to take away
beauty contest to name Miss ...
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
school; proofreading; proof
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
hand net; dip net; scoop net
to wipe thoroughly; to polish well
as (for); for; in the capacity of
contest; competition; struggle; scramble