receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
every year; yearly; annually
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
until now; so far; up to the present
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
difficult to ...; hard to ...
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
had better ...; had better not ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
first meeting; first interview with
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much