cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
bursting at the seams; bulging; snip-snip (of scissors)
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
damp; moist (negative nuance)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
hostility; animosity; enmity
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
class president; head class representative
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition