why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
repentance; confession; penitence
material before the opening credits in a film, anime, etc.
God; god; ace; king; superior person
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
after school (at the end of the day)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
story; tale; talk; discussion
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
meaning; significance; sense
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
such; this sort of; like this
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
(not) even once; (not) ever
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
sympathy; compassion; pity
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do