star player; star athlete
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
paid vacation; paid holiday
right-handedness; right-handed person; right-hander
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
rearranging; remodeling; remodelling
team competition; team game
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing
left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
dropout; quitter; deserter
leaving a club; quitting a club
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
punching bag (boxing); training bag; sandbag
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
racket; paddle (in table-tennis)
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)
this, that and the other; this and that
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing