cram school; private tutoring school; juku
study group; study meeting
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
exit; way out; outlet; vent
scenery; scene; landscape
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to head home; to leave for home
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
the way back; the way home; return trip
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
hello; good day; good afternoon
impudence; cheekiness; impertinence
schoolgirl; female student
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
on the way home from school
later on; eventually; afterwards
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
very interesting; of great interest
halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to express (in words); to confess
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying