directions; instructions; orders; command
memory; sense; experience
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
company president; manager; director
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
two persons; two people; pair; couple
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
English conversation; school for English conversation
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)