crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
serious; severe; grave; acute
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
results; record; grades; marks
summer vacation; summer holiday
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
every person; each one; everybody
to all be in attendance (at a meeting, etc.); to all gather together
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
popular (TV or radio) program; hit show
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
(not) a single person; (no) one
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
to deal with a large number
pencil case; pencil box; writing brush case
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
favorite; favourite; habitually used