unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances
the other day; lately; recently
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
to be perturbed; to be agitated
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
feeling of alienation; sense of being excluded; feeling of estrangement
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
short distance; short range; short-haul
one grade; first-class; primary
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish