-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
in low spirits; dejected; sad
bell signalling that work, class, etc. has formally begun
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
manner of using one's hands
oblique line; forward slash
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
admission based on recommendation; enrolment by recommendation (enrollment)
throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
bad behavior; misbehavior
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
short homeroom (at the beginning and end of the school day)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
teacher; instructor; professor
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
final exam; term-end examination; end-of-term examination
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
firmly rooted; deep-seated
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly