careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
carrying (on one's person); taking with one
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
war readiness; combat preparedness; readiness for battle
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
consideration; taking into account
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
life; living; I; me; student
that is to say; so that means
enrolling at a cram school
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
graduate; alumnus; alumna
becoming employed by a government office, agency, board, etc.
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
surely; certainly; without doubt
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on