because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
intimacy; affection; familiarity
discovery; detection; finding
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
almost; roughly; approximately
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to make a list; to enumerate
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
results; record; grades; marks
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
how; in what way; how about
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
entering school; school attendance
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
care of schoolchildren outside of school time
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)