treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
popular person; favorite; favourite
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
interior; inside; internal
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
in that manner; like that
to look down on; to condescend
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
go that far; to that extent
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into