large amount of money; great cost
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
away (game, goal, etc.); opponents' ground; unfamiliar surroundings; feeling out of place; enemy territory
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
to translate; to interpret
to roll about; to writhe about
to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body or mind; to put oneself in the place of ...; to put oneself in (someone's) shoes
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
direct connection; direct link
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
what's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk; (lit.) spilt water won't go back into its tray
it is no use crying over spilt milk
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
to run about; to rush about
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
promotion; raising of status
to sit for an examination
shabby; unsightly; unkempt
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted