qualitative difference; disparity; gap
educational system; school system
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
catercorner; diagonally opposite
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
it is I who should say so
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to remain married for life
companion; partner; spouse
stimulating; exciting; provocative
height of; middle of; full bloom
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
modesty; self-control; discretion
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
no!; no no!; no, not at all
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
history of; experience of
tumultuous (with everyone voicing their opinions simultaneously); uproarious
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
refreshment; something refreshing; welcome relief; tonic; refreshing medicine
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling