junior high school student; middle school pupil
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
history of Japan; Japanese history
world history; international history
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
parting; separation; farewell
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
troops; group members; team members
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
actual profit; practical use; benefit
district; section; sector
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation