(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
even if; even though; however; no matter how
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
hospitalization; hospitalisation
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
senior high school; high school
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
memory; sense; experience
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
summer vacation; summer holiday
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
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 go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable