artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
genuine article; real thing; real deal
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
rest; break; recess; intermission
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
selection; choice; option
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
ambitious; motivated; willful
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
self-consciousness; self-awareness
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
slight; thin; on the weak side
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
student accommodation; student dormitory
double room; room shared by two people; shared room