leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to summon courage; to be brave
online; on the line (of a ball; in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
very; extremely; absurd; ridiculous; excessive; extreme
time (for, to do); time (to finish a race, lap, etc.); time-out; thyme
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
third-year student; third-year pupil
(nature, etc.) observation diary
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
sense of loss; feeling of loss
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
decision; determination; resolution
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
meaning; called; named; that says; that
raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
shiny, bald head; person with a shiny, bald head
manly; masculine; like a man
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately