not limited to; not just ...
middle and high-school students
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
future (usually near); prospects
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
had better ...; had better not ...
leader; guide; mentor; coach
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
the other day; lately; recently
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
opposite side; opposition
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
the same generation; coeval
classical school or style (e.g. of music, baseball pitching, etc.); orthodox school; authentic style; purist; follower of the orthodox school