to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
honorific/polite/humble prefix
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
club activities; extracurricular activities
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
beginning; outset; first; onset
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays