to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
club activities; extracurricular activities
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
participation; joining; entry
people; citizens; subjects; folk
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to be asked to give someone (a message, parcel, etc.); to be asked to tell someone (that); to be entrusted with
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
by today; before the day is over
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
coffee lounge; coffee shop; cafe
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with