difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
correction; rectification; mending; repair
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to become dim; to become blurred
portrait; likeness; picture
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
classification; assortment
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
war; battle; match; game; competition
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
marking; grading; scoring
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
absolute basics; very rudiments
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age