halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
after school (at the end of the day)
on the way home from school
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
elevated (structure); overhead
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
several minutes; a few minutes
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
Lagrangian point; Lagrange point
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
life; living; I; me; student
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to work together (in the same class, workplace, etc.); to be classmates; to sit side by side; (lit.) to put (one's) desks side by side
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
same generation; one's generation
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission