preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
study; diligence; discount; reduction
man; male; masculine gender
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
reality; actuality; hard fact
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
way (of doing); manner; method; means
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
working adult; full-fledged member of society
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
expression; presentation; representation; notation
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
violent explosion; bursting
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty