close; intimate; on good terms
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to collect; to assemble; to gather
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
school tradition; school customs; school spirit
first; first base; first baseman; fast
thought; consideration; thinking
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
live music or performance
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction