standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
the very best; excellent; superb
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
life; living; I; me; student
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
dull; stupid; thickheaded; slow; sluggish
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
then; well; so; well then