junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
settlement; solution; resolution
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
two (long cylindrical things)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
almost every day; almost daily
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
scene; spectacle; sight; view
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
home; household; family; hearth
either way; in any case; one way or another
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
amplitude (of vibration); (degree of) instability; volatility; fluctuation
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning