preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
practical problem; practical matter
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
endurance; perseverance; patience
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
sense of values; values; value system
fame; distinction; rise; advancement
future; possible; potential; prospective
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
signature phrase; signature saying
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
law department; law school
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
destination; place one stays during a trip
study group; study meeting
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
excursion; field trip; school trip
trauma (usu. psychological)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
(school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class
division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)
to join forces with; to cooperate with
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
vocational school; technical school
personal affair; one's own affair
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman