administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
drenched with sweat; sweaty all over
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
to gather strength; to take heart
(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat
being startled; getting a shock
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
whenever (each time) one sees (it)
senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
elementary and middle schools
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
clash of minds (between friends); discord; emotional conflict
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
to compete with; to vie for
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open