school grades; academic results
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
priority seat; courtesy seat; seat provided in trains, buses, etc. for the use of the disabled, young children, the elderly, pregnant women, etc.
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
great laughter; burst of laughter
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
armband; arm band; brassard
inscrutable; incomprehensible
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
film studies; cinema studies
generation; the world; the age
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
shot (in films); shot (of alcohol); hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis); shoot (in basketball)
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
cartoon-character costume
tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store