feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
is something that; is that which
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
not understanding; not knowing
history of Japan; Japanese history
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
study; learning; tutorial
unpopular (esp. with the opposite sex); undatable
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
low (level, value, price, etc.)
to be plump; to be chubby
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
transcendence; excellence; superiority
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
second-year student; biennial
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil