primary school; elementary school; grade school
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to push away; to push aside; to shove
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
runner-up; second (in a race)
first place (in a race); first to arrive; one suit (of clothes); one item (of clothing); putting on (formal clothes); wearing
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
unbearable to look at; too miserable (or awful) to watch; cannot bear to see
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
whining (to get one's way); tantrum
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
being left out; being ostracized
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
to press a question; to cross-examine
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
with a momentary flash of light
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
part; section; affected part (of the body); private parts; genitals
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes