play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
primary school; elementary school; grade school
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
home; household; family; hearth
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
river; stream; River; the ... river
as much as one can; as much as possible
studying very hard; studying like mad
results; record; grades; marks
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
leader; central personage
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
regret; repentance; remorse
summer vacation; summer holiday
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
leaving a club; quitting a club
such; like that; that sort of
experiment; experimentation
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to bring back; to restore
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen