important; momentous; essential; principal; major
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
back fat; fatty upper part of roast pork
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
several times; once or twice
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
safety zone; traffic island
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
that is to say; so that means
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
studies; schoolwork; classwork
brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)
possible; likely; probable
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
in the same manner as before; the same as always
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
even further; and then some; even more
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing