endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
separate; respective; different
corridor; hallway; passageway
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
living thing; organism; creature; biology
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
hundred points; perfect mark
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
primary school; elementary school; grade school
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
preface; introduction; preamble
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
tool; implement; means; furniture
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
machine; race car; racing motorcycle
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible