older sister; elder sister
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
air conditioner; air conditioning; aircon
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
moderation; self-restraint; temperance
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
head of the student council; president of the student council
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
president (of a society); chairman
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love