quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
washing with cold water (without using soap, etc.)
stingy; cheap; very frugal
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
wrinkle reduction; rhytidoplasty
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
name; given name; first name
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
etc.; et cetera; and so on
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
substantial matter; significant item
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
smoothly; easily; readily
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
that is to say; so that means
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
number one; first; best; most; game; round
almost; roughly; approximately
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
degree of difficulty; difficulty level