challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
to view the past with nostalgia
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
welcome party for new students
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
shallow knowledge; superficial learning
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
graduation ceremony; commencement
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to step firmly; to harden by treading
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to make one's own; to take possession of
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to take a veneer off something