honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to part left and right; to open out
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
present continuous tense; present progressive form
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
jumper skirt; pinafore dress
shoulder strap (on a dress)
upper half of the body; upper body
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
when it becomes; when it comes to
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
whether one wants to or not; without choice
January; first month of the lunar calendar
incident; affair; happening; event
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
general; popular; common; typical
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
inflammatory; lascivious; sensational
in search of; in order to look for
to remove; to move out of the way
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
line-marking machine; line marker
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things