year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
summer vacation; summer holiday
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
reluctant to; not inclined to; disinclined; unwilling
rather; better; instead; if anything
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat