to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
round bar (of metal, etc.)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
thickness; profundity; depth
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
to pry; to prize; to prise
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
New Year's Eve; end of the year
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
homecoming; returning home
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
(earning or paying) no interest
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
exemption; exoneration; discharge
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
student accommodation; student dormitory
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
excess or deficiency; too much or too little
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook