boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
how long; how far; how much
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
imagination; supposition; guess
difficult to ...; hard to ...
although I say; although one might say; although called
senior high school; high school
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
frequency (of occurrence)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
finding employment; getting a job
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university