comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
subtraction; deduction (e.g. tax); subsidy
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
common people; ordinary people; masses
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
hard-to-get-into school; elite school; highly-selective school
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
unexpectedly; surprisingly
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
supporting role (actor); minor role
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
to feel depressed; to be down