close-cropped hair; shaven head
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
popular person; favorite; favourite
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
in name only; titular; nominal
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
to apologize; to apologise
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
eccentric; crank; oddball
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
not understanding; not knowing
conviction; belief; confidence
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
eccentric young person (esp. girl)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
two-color printing; two-colour printing
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
right side; right-hand side
left side; left-hand side
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to remove; to move out of the way
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
greeting; a fine thing to say
welcome!; nice to see you!
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes