riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
in comparison to; rather than
only; merely; but; no more than
while; during (the time when)
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
the opposite sex; isomerism
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
how many people; a number of people
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
transfer student; student changing schools
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate