(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
competent; suitable; qualified
results; record; grades; marks
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
pupil; student; schoolchild
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
chemical equation; reaction formula
world history; international history
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
redoing; doing over again
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
dose reduction (esp. of antipsychotic drugs); tapering off medication
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely