neighbourhood; neighborhood
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
suffix for familiar person
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
rounding (fractions); rounding half up
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish