(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to use X as a selling point
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
preparatory phase; preparatory period
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
at a moment's notice; readily
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
pupil; student; schoolchild
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
deviation-value-oriented education; education focused on test results; education that stresses studying and passing exams to raise one's ranking; academic cramming
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
private (non-governmental) school (college, university)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)