difficult to ...;  hard to ...
 to;  for;  from the standpoint of;  as far as ... is concerned
 eternity;  perpetuity;  permanence;  immortality
 subject;  theme;  homework;  assignment;  task;  challenge
 to find out;  to discover;  to select;  to pick out;  to look out (from the inside);  to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
 to take in one's hand;  to pick up;  to obtain
 to read;  to recite (e.g. a sutra);  to chant;  to predict;  to guess;  to decipher;  to count
 you;  presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
 future (usually near);  prospects
 concerning;  regarding;  per (e.g. 100 yen per person);  for every
 diligently;  seriously;  perfectly;  properly;  sufficiently;  satisfactorily
 senior high school;  high school
 university;  college;  former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators);  the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
 to go to and from (a place);  to go back and forth between;  to go to (school, work, etc.);  to attend;  to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity);  to be communicated (e.g. thought)
 you said;  he said;  if ... then;  do you seriously think that;  I already told you;  you should know by now that;  the said ...
 seems;  I think;  I guess;  don't you agree?;  I thought you'd say that!
 imagination;  supposition;  guess
 still;  as yet;  (not) yet;  more;  (more) still;  at least
 vague;  obscure;  indistinct;  hazy;  ambiguous
 to be (of animate objects);  to exist;  to stay;  to be ...-ing;  to have been ...-ing
 sometime;  someday;  one day;  some time or other;  the other day;  in due course
 somehow or other;  for some reason or another;  without knowing why
 finding employment;  getting a job
 things like;  something like;  someone like;  such a thing as;  (the fact) that;  to think that
 senior high school student
 to notice;  to become aware;  to be scrupulous;  to be attentive;  to recover consciousness;  to come to oneself
 ordinary;  common;  free of charge;  unaffected;  as is;  only
 duty;  obligation;  responsibility
 to be disconnected;  to get out of place;  to miss the mark;  to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation);  to be removed;  to be excluded
 given that ... it is only natural that ...;  ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...;  (precisely) because ...;  contrary to expectations ...
 joy;  delight;  rapture;  pleasure;  gratification;  rejoicing
 to feel;  to sense;  to experience
 myself;  yourself;  I;  me;  you
 progressive form;  in progress (e.g. of a project)
 influence;  effect;  to influence;  to affect;  to have an influence on
 to give (esp. to someone of lower status);  to bestow;  to provide;  to afford;  to assign;  to cause
 national language;  Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan);  native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
 study;  diligence;  discount;  reduction