meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
club activities; extracurricular activities
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
study; diligence; discount; reduction
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
bento; Japanese box lunch
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
speech and conduct; words and deeds
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
being startled; getting a shock
beginning; outset; first; onset
incident; affair; happening; event
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to pass (of time); to elapse
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
considerably; greatly; a lot
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
feeling; sense; impression
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)