lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
God; god; ace; king; superior person
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
master; teacher; stable master
honorific/polite/humble prefix
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of