homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
close; intimate; on good terms
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
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)
university professor; college professor
joint together; opposite; facing
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
astronomical observation; stargazing
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety