after school (at the end of the day)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
fuel consumption; gas mileage
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
line; queue; procession; matrix
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
in one's own way or style
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
at that time; in those days
university student; college student
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months