annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation, joining a company); nth year (student, employee, etc.)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
results; record; grades; marks
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
term-end exam; end-of-term test; finals
health and physical education
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
Japanese history; history of Japan
fill-in-the-blank question; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement