second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
high achiever; student with good academic results
student number (for seating, etc. in class)
first match (in a series)
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless; nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
image of (an ideal) person
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
feigning ignorance; feigning naivety; pretense of innocence; person (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive; faux-naïf
Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
the opposite sex; isomerism
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
to glare at each other; to confront each other
bishop (chess piece); bishop
safety belt; seat belt; seatbelt
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; accepting failure with good grace; being a good loser
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
graduate school entrance examination
easy; simple; handy; quick; effortless
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
controlled demolition of buildings, etc. using explosives; explosive demolition
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations