parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
new student; freshman; first-year student
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
on paper; in the newspapers; in a letter
four characters; four letters
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
without cause; without reason
beforehand; in advance; previously
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
since then; from that time; ever since
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
odds and ends; all; every
moderate; proper; just right
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
high achiever; student with good academic results
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
(social) position; status
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede