before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
student guidance; student counseling
letter; missive; note; mail
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
cornering someone by lying in wait, e.g. for an unexpected interview or photograph; doorstepping; hanging; dangling
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
marathon; long-distance race
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
bet; wager; stake; gamble
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
one end; an end; part; fragment
advance screening; preview; private showing; trade show
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
sunlight filtering through trees
meeting; greeting; welcome
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
last entrant (to a race, market, etc.)
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
story; tale; talk; discussion
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
cross-country (skiing); cross-country race
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity