reality; actuality; hard fact
to thrust before; to thrust at
examination; consideration; test; quiz
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
winter vacation; winter holidays
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
study; diligence; discount; reduction
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
senior high school; high school
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
within the year; before the year is out
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)