academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to gather; to collect; to assemble
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
fifth day of the month; five days
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
horseplay; fooling around
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
school building; schoolhouse
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
several people; a few people
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
silence; stillness; quietness
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
feeling; sense; impression
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
lost article; something forgotten
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)