thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
existence; being; presence
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
if it is (the case that ...)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
temple elementary school (Edo period)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
(large) building; public building; hall
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema; expulsion (from a gang)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
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)
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix