to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
graduation ceremony; commencement
after that; afterwards; thereafter
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
foreign; abroad; overseas
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
such ... as; or some such
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
number one; first; best; most; game; round
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations