to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
transfer student; student changing schools
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
life; living; I; me; student
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
please (give me); please (do for me)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
name; given name; first name
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane