first year of high school; first-year high school student
junior high school student; middle school pupil
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
foreign; abroad; overseas
couple with a large age disparity
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
sovereign; emperor; monarch
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
and; thereupon; because of that
set of three; three sets; three classes
suffix for familiar person
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)