polish; improvement; burnishing
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
memory; sense; experience
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
(not so) much; (not) very
(social) position; status
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
rehabilitation (in society)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
society; public; community; social studies
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
sons and daughters; children; girl
constitution; rules; regulation
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to lay aside; to set aside
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)