academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
classical form of martial art
and; thereupon; because of that
to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle
as you see; as you can see
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
class; heading; group; category
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
(yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation); castle guard; second-place horse
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
honorific/polite/humble prefix
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl