matter of time; question of time
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
retort; back talk; backchat
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
selection; choice; option
school tradition; school customs; school spirit
striking; remarkable; considerable
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
hot summer day; day on which the temperature reaches at least 25 degrees Celsius
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
under examination; under test (e.g. device); on trial
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
how long; how much; to what extent
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
excursion; field trip; school trip
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
ahead; before; the future
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
last days; the end; one's fate
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma