private tutor; coach; governess
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
field; plain; prairie; moor
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
results; record; grades; marks
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
side effect; adverse reaction
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
in spite of; regardless of
pupil; student; schoolchild
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
guardian; protector; patron; parent
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence
hostility; animosity; enmity
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to get tired out; to be exhausted
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
accomplishments; taking lessons (in dance, music, tea ceremony, flower arranging, etc.)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless