to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
suffix for familiar person
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
hello; good day; good afternoon
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
considerably; fairly; quite
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
senior high school; high school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
surely; certainly; without doubt
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
one day; (on) a certain day