clear; distinct; evident; definite
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; brown eyes
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
professional education; vocational training
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college
future (usually near); prospects
not yet known; unknown; strange
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
middle class; bourgeoisie
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
school education; formal education
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
training; education; development; cultivation
essence; quintessence; flower; glory
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
length of the course of study