medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
contiguous (of land); adjoining; adjacent; continuous (with); connected (without a break); seamlessly linked
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New 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
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
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
living by oneself; living alone
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
root; source; origin; cause
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
optimization; optimisation
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
judgment; judgement; discernment
threat theory; view that a state or entity constitutes a threat
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
the other day; some time ago; recently