confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
(some) more; even more; longer; further
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
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
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
technical high school; industrial high school
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
entry; approach; penetration
beginning; outset; first; onset
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off