stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
student teacher; trainee teacher
cassette (tape); game cartridge
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
next year; next fiscal year
student number (for seating, etc. in class)
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
term-end exam; end-of-term test; finals
upper reaches of a river; upstream
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...