single word; a few words; brief comment
myself; yourself; I; me; you
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
so; like this; in this way
to be profitable; to yield a profit
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
item; something that one "just has to have"
avatar; incarnation of an immortal being (Hindu); icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
simulated experience; simulation
real thing; original; actual
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
development; exploitation
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
failure; mistake; blunder
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
student union; student center; students' hall