junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to make use of; to lend money
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
expressing one's mind; speaking out
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
nod; inclination of the head
willpower; energy; vitality
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
replica firearm; realistic toy gun with no firing mechanism
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
on the occasion of; at the time of
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
having said that; on the other hand
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga