seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
and then; and so; and; so then
transfer student; student changing schools
time; season; period; phase; stage
opening ceremony (of the school term)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
real talk; serious conversation
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
source of information; intelligence source; message source
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
school swimsuit; regulation blue one-piece swimsuit worn by pupils in school-based swimming events
money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
homeroom; form room; form class
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to take (be in) charge of
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)