pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
long; drawn-out; very long
beyond this point; from now on; after this
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
living thing; organism; creature; biology
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
hundred points; perfect mark
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
preface; introduction; preamble
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to pick up; to find; to gather
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
tool; implement; means; furniture
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see