composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
older brother and younger sister
bringing; taking; carrying
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
both (people); the two of them
shyness; bashfulness; shame
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica)
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
pupil; student; schoolchild
exchange of courtesies (cordialities); fraternization; fraternisation
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
in succession; one by one
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
how much; how many; to what extent
(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; decline (in prosperity)
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
culture; cultivation; cultivation (of plants); growing; cultivation (e.g. of a skill); nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.)
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land