new student; freshman; first-year student
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
opening ceremony (of the school term)
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
former (incumbent); predecessor
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
person who has recently entered the workforce (after completing education); new working adult
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
rush job; slipshod job; quick-and-dirty work
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
headband; hair band; hairband
looking pale; looking unwell
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
something like ...; something called ...
recommendation; referral; endorsement
attractiveness; charm; amiability
hi!; yo!; hey man!; yessir!; understood!
streamlined shape; aerodynamic shape
sporty (esp. garments, accessories, etc.)
(university) admission category for recommended candidates
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
part-time lecturer; contract teacher
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to someone's name
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
constitutional; relating to character, structure, nature, etc.
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
leader; guide; mentor; coach
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth; to fail to improve; to level off; to not grow as much as expected
on countless occasions; many a time
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
out of character; unlike one
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
unsettled; uncertain; indefinite; indeterminate
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium