admission based on recommendation; enrolment by recommendation (enrollment)
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
March; third month of the lunar calendar
criminal nature; criminality
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
temporary absence from school
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
canned tuna (from sea chicken, orig. a brand name)
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
main cause; primary factor
coffee-flavored milk; coffee milk
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
wearing one's hair in braids
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
outward; superficial; external; apparent
quiz; short test; mini test
Western countries; (former) Western Bloc countries
food crisis; food-supply crisis
far right (in politics); extreme right; ultraconservative
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker