than; from; out of; except; but; more
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
club activities; extracurricular activities
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
fan-tan (card game); sevens; parliament
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
the past is the past; let bygones be bygones
after school (at the end of the day)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to face on; to look out on to
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
corridor; hallway; passageway
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
pupil; student; schoolchild
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
error of judgment; miscalculation
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)