to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
senior high school; high school
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
results; record; grades; marks
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
to continue to do; to persist in doing
bright person; talented student; prodigy
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to be needed; to be wanted
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
club activities; extracurricular activities
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
had better ...; had better not ...
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
preference; priority; precedence
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed