honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
pretense; affectation; showiness
to need; to demand; to take; to require
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
beginning (of a century, etc.)
divide into four pieces; one fourth
to be damaged; to receive damage
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
epitome; summary; outline
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
selling; foisting; pushing
dominion; territory; possession
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
without; unless; have to do
invisibly; secretly; privately
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
king; monarch; ruler; champion
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
use; utilization; utilisation; application