in the meanwhile; during the time
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with somebody's feelings
way; method; means; resource; course
the following week; the next week
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
diagnosis; medical examination
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
people; men and women; each person; everybody
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to spend time (on doing something)
as if nothing had happened
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
senior high school student
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university