base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
quarrel; trouble; dispute
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
choices; alternatives; options
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
roller coaster; big dipper
minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
mountain road; mountain trail
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance