senior high school student
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
simple and honest; unsophisticated; simpleminded; naive; unspoiled
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
excessive; too much; unreasonable
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
such ... as; or some such
noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
cheap edition; low-priced edition; popular edition
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)