marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
artificial intelligence; AI
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
this week's issue (e.g. magazine)
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
even if not; even without
to be discouraged; to shrink from
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline