ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
good; goodness; right; virtue
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
fame; distinction; rise; advancement
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
new student; freshman; first-year student
long-awaited; much-awaited
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
pupil; student; schoolchild
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar