place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
moderation; self-restraint; temperance
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
head of the student council; president of the student council
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
than; from; out of; except; but; more
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
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?
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
president (of a society); chairman
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning