senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
schoolgirl; female student
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
educational institution; school; academy; campus
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
go away; leave; get lost; fuck off; scram
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
setting off (on a long journey); setting out; departure (e.g. for the front); starting a new life; starting life anew
impossible to do (although wants to)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite