school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
general; popular; common; typical
genuine article; real thing; real deal
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
hooting; jeering; heckling
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
already; now; no longer; not any more
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board