graduate; alumnus; alumna
visiting room; visitation room
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
supplementary lecture; supplementary lesson; extra classes
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
report card; result sheet
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture; desk study
art of war; strategy; tactics
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
failing mark; failing grade
to sit for an examination
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
communication skills; communication ability
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
magic sword; cursed sword
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
study group; study meeting
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
to write a few lines (to); to drop someone a line; to write a note (to)
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
body of a garment; bodice
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness