to associate with;  to keep company with;  to go out with;  to go along with;  to follow someone's lead;  to accompany someone
 oh!;  good heavens!;  ugh!;  oh no!;  ah!;  the penny drops!
 declining;  refusal;  rejection;  announcement;  notice
 prompt decision;  quick decision;  immediate judgement;  summary judgment;  summary judgement
 natural;  right;  proper;  naturally;  as a matter of course;  rightly
 (not) anything;  (nothing) at all;  and everything else;  and all;  (not) at all;  (not) in the least
 another school;  other schools
 and the like;  such as;  or something;  something like;  I hear that ...;  people say that...
 for the first time;  only after ... is it ...;  only when ... do you ...;  first time;  (one's) first
 this;  this one;  this person;  now;  this point (in time);  here;  used to stress the subject of a sentence
 to miss (e.g. a chance);  to lose;  to set free;  to let go;  to fail to ...
 whole life;  a lifetime;  all through life;  (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
 may;  might;  perhaps;  may be;  possibly
 confession;  acknowledgement;  confession of love;  professing one's feelings;  confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
 futility;  waste;  uselessness;  pointlessness;  idleness
 near;  close;  beside;  vicinity;  proximity;  besides
 after all;  because;  but;  even;  too;  as well
 unwelcome;  nerdish;  unpopular
 big;  large;  loud;  extensive;  spacious;  important
 why?;  what for?;  how?;  by what means?
 unreasonable;  unnatural;  impossible;  forcible;  forced;  excessive (work, etc.);  immoderate
 karuta;  traditional Japanese playing cards
 man;  male;  fellow;  guy;  male lover;  boyfriend
 is that so? (generally rhetorical)
 email;  mail (usu. in compound words);  post;  message (sent over a chat application);  instant message;  male
 telephone call;  phone call;  telephone (device);  phone
 amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.);  drink (usu. alcoholic);  full;  one squid, octopus, crab, etc.;  one boat;  fully;  to capacity
 blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)
 same;  identical;  equal;  anyway;  anyhow;  in either case
 to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.);  to get in;  to get on (e.g. a footstool);  to step on;  to reach;  to go over;  to follow
 year;  counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school);  period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
 sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices);  promotion;  organizing;  organising;  hosting;  staging
 Tentoku era (957.10.27-961.2.16)
 imperial palace;  festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
 difficult to say which of the two is better;  hard to tell which is better;  (there is) little to choose between them
 to pair with;  to pair up;  to pair off
 neck;  head;  dismissal;  discharge