while; during; while; although; all; both
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to work together (in the same class, workplace, etc.); to be classmates; to sit side by side; (lit.) to put (one's) desks side by side
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
of course; certainly; naturally
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
ranking table (e.g. sports league)
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute