being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
temporary absence from school
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
mass communication; mass media
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
private tutor; coach; governess
to be too late; to be too slow
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
construction at top speed
past (exam) question collection
number of days (times) one has attended
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
how; in what way; how about; questionable
greeting; a fine thing to say
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
close; intimate; on good terms
even if; even though; however; no matter how
pretension; conceit; hubris
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
letter; missive; note; mail