why;  oh;  no!;  quit it!;  stop!
 to drink;  to gulp;  to smoke (tobacco);  to engulf;  to overwhelm;  to keep down;  to suppress
 to calm down;  to compose oneself;  to calm down;  to settle down;  to settle down (in a location, job, etc.);  to settle in;  to be settled
 comrade in arms;  war buddy;  fellow soldier
 was it?;  I think it was ...;  if I've got it right;  (I, we) used to ...;  I remember ...;  it was ...
 to be good (at);  to go well;  to look (taste, etc.) good;  to hold one's liquor;  to be able to hold one's drink
 management;  administration;  operation;  running (business);  conducting
 to get along well with;  to make a go of it
 interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
 society;  the world;  the times
 sweet-tasting;  sweet;  fragrant (smelling);  sweet (music);  lightly salted;  light in salt;  naive
 to come;  to go;  to be (somewhere);  to be (doing)
 this way;  this direction;  here;  this (one);  I;  me
 to sit;  to squat;  to assume (a position);  to hold steady;  to hold still
 occasionally;  once in a while;  now and then;  rarely;  seldom
 alumni association;  graduates' association;  alumni meeting;  class reunion
 to call out (to);  to call;  to summon (a doctor, etc.);  to invite;  to designate;  to name;  to garner (support, etc.)
 a long time (since the last time);  first in a long time
 not writing or contacting for a while;  neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.);  long silence
 thank you;  thanks;  much (thanks);  very (sorry);  quite;  really;  somehow
 as one would expect;  just as you'd expect (from);  still;  all the same;  even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
 once;  one time;  temporarily;  for a moment;  one degree;  one tone
 to throw away;  to cast away;  to abandon;  to desert;  to give up;  to resign
 together (with);  at the same time;  in a lump
 to be able (to);  to be possible (to)
 inseparable (esp. bond, relationship);  inextricable;  joined at the hip;  integral;  essential;  cannot be broken (cut, separated)
 bonds (between people);  (emotional) ties;  relationship;  tether;  fetters
 to tie;  to bind;  to bear (fruit);  to close (e.g. deal);  to confirm;  to connect (two distant places);  to close tightly
 to feel (as if);  to have a feeling (that);  to have a hunch (that);  to feel like doing;  to want to do
 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 break;  to destroy;  to wreck;  to ruin;  to break (a bill, etc.)
 something;  something or other;  so-and-so;  somehow;  anyhow;  one way or another
 to rescue from;  to help out of;  to save
 year;  counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school);  period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
 drumming (noise);  beating;  rapidly;  quickly;  continuously;  one after the other
 to build up one's strength;  to get stronger;  to give (someone) strength;  to cheer (someone) up;  to encourage (someone)
 outstanding talent;  person of exceptional talent;  gifted person
 secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone);  in secret;  from the sidelines;  at a distance
 aid;  assistance;  help;  cheering;  rooting (for);  support
 to be careful;  to pay attention;  to take care
 time;  season;  period;  phase;  stage