April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
on bad terms; at loggerheads
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
imagination; supposition; guess
to fight; to exchange blows
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
stature; height; size; physique
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
danger; peril; hazard; risk
technique; art; skill; move
to attempt; to test; to try out
to become better; to improve
flexible (of people); open-minded
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
should; must; -able; probably; likely
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
that's a different matter; that's a different story
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
wonderful; splendid; magnificent