dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
to jump at; to be attracted by
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
right angle; perpendicular
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
continuation; succession; series
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to forget completely; to leave behind
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
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)
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
armoring; armouring; armor; armour