next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
such; like that; that sort of; very
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
pregnancy; conception; gestation
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
brewery (sake, soy); brewer; (arch.) warehouse overseer
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
assistant language teacher; ALT; foreign national serving as an assistant teacher of English in a Japanese classroom; alanine aminotransferase; ALT
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)