study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
cities, towns and villages; municipalities
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
final; eventual; ultimate
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
to face; to go towards; to head towards
memories; recollections; reminiscence
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
senior high school; high school
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
please be careful; please take care
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
several years; a few years
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future