home; household; family; hearth
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
individual; private person; personal; natural person
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
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)
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
about this time; about now
mountain; vicinity of a mountain
pupil; student; schoolchild
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
true state; actual condition; reality
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy