route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
uncool; lame; unfashionable; unstylish; tacky; tasteless
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
white stone; white (go pieces)
fireworks display; display of fireworks
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
how; in what way; how about
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
for your information; I'm telling you
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
name; given name; first name
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary