environment; circumstance
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
student number (for seating, etc. in class)
real hair; one's own hair
lack of innovation; stupidity
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
results; record; grades; marks
president (of a society); chairman
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem