cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
very; extremely; excessively
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
the West; the Occident; Western countries
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
such; like that; that sort of; very
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
schoolgirl; female student
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen