to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
symbol; code; sign; notation
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
alteration; falsification; faking
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to make an appeal; to urge
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
every year; yearly; annually
each (every) time; whenever
intensive; concentrated; focused
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
way; method; means; (technical) specification
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
decision; determination; resolution
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression