futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
even if; even though; however; no matter how
bento; Japanese box lunch
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
full view; plain sight; completely visible
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
very young; little; childish; immature
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
a person without a single relative
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
club activities; extracurricular activities
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
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)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
waste of time; killing time
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
now; the present time; just now; another; more
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
delivery pizza; home-delivered pizza
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field