junior high school (operated under post-war guidelines)
secret; private; surreptitious
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
distress; wretched condition
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
runaway horse; galloping horse
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
winter vacation; winter holidays
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
book; volume; this; present; main; head
Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
interruption; suspension; break
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to employ; to hire; to charter
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes
to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight