pupil; student; schoolchild
tradition; legend; folklore
episode; anecdote; vignette
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
short homeroom (at the beginning and end of the school day)
excursion; field trip; school trip
homeroom; form room; form class
group; party; team; squad; section
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
although I say; although one might say; although called
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
first period (e.g. first class in school day)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
time; hour; period; class
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
hot topic; talk of the town
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
personal; individual; private