recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
belief; faith; conviction
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to be silent; to say nothing
to repeat; to be frequent
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
reality; actuality; hard fact
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
family; members of a family
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!