separation; farewell; parting
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
senior high school; high school
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
income; receipts; revenue
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
honorific/polite/humble prefix
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
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?
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable