dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to rock; to shake; to swing
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
accurate; correct; precise; exact
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle
senior high school; high school
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)
(period of) a year; during an era
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
results; record; grades; marks
another school; other schools
schoolgirl; female student
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group)
rather; better; instead; if anything
eccentric; crank; oddball
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat