serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
how; in what way; by what means
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
something; some kind of; for some reason
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
not caring; not giving a damn
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
senior high school; high school
second-year student; biennial
height (of body); stature
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
results; record; grades; marks
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
to be conspicuous; to stand out
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
the other day; a few days ago
brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
brother complex; unnatural attachment to one's brother (esp. by his sister)
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge