cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
shout of victory; cry of triumph
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
carriage; movement (of the body)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
to begin; to set about; to start
famous school or university
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
society; public; community; social studies
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
application problem; exercises
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
(police) detective; criminal matter
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to spread; to be propagated
in the morning; during the morning
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)