teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
wish; desire; ambition; choice
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be satisfied with one's position; to be quite content
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
at first; initially; in the beginning
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to ask; to enquire; to query
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
to have a talk; to tell a story
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
to move (house); to change residence
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
else; in addition; besides
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
connections; contacts; influence
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
spacious; roomy; large; extensive (business, dealings, etc.); large (scale); broad
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
I see; that's right; indeed
leader of a cheering group; head cheerleader
well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
all; wholly; entirely; without exception
sympathy; compassion; pity
(someone's) assistance; help; aid; grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus