junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
incident; affair; happening; event
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
home area; home town; local
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
that is to say; so that means
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to laugh away; to laugh off
warmly; cordially; with tender care
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
and yet; though; when; in spite of
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)