senior high school student
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
to amuse oneself; to make merry
junior high school student; middle school pupil
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
leader; authority; mainstay
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to show up; to appear; to turn up
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity