perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
x (mark); cross; MDMA; ecstasy; molly
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
good prospects; full of hope; promising
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
examination hell; ordeal of entrance examinations
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to worry about the future
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
will not do; do not; does not
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
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)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
no, not like that (but like this)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
violent explosion; bursting
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
touché; you've got me there
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down