best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
arrogant; haughty; insolent
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
had better ...; had better not ...
hairdressing product (creams, gels, etc.); hairdressing fee; charge for a haircut
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
ignorant of the ways of the world
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
how much; how many; to what extent
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
such; this sort of; like this
to gain nothing; to be of no benefit; to be no use; to be unprofitable
goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely