to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
pupil; student; schoolchild
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)
fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; interview (with a client, etc.); survey; (public) hearing
summer vacation; summer holiday
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
immoral; illicit; unethical
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to flare up; to burst into flames
to cultivate a better understanding
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
enlightenment; illumination
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
average; ordinary; normal
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention)
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen