disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
each (every) time; whenever
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to watch over; to watch attentively
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
tattling; telling on (someone)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
form; shape; figure; visage
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
and; thereupon; because of that
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
real intention; true motive; true meaning
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
gentle; mild; meek; tender
don't worry about it; forget about it
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished