unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
private letter; personal letter; private message; secret correspondence; confidential report
dark (color); concentrated; thick
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
attendance; presence; appearance
billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports
association of like-minded people
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
president (of a society); chairman
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
calamity; disaster; accident
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)