vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
servant; manservant; menial
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
those (near the second person)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
study; diligence; discount; reduction
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
maintenance; preservation; improvement
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
physical education; PE; gym (class)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
human relations; personal relationships
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
being left out; being ostracized
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
future (usually near); prospects