junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to tie; to fix; to attach
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
though; even if; whether ... or ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
senior high school; high school
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
how; in what way; how about
to move (house); to change residence
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)