thought; consideration; thinking
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
way (of doing); manner; method; means
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
one more time; once more; once again
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to manage something successfully; to be successful
wish; desire; ambition; choice
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
only; merely; but; no more than
to pass (of time); to elapse
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
to bend; to warp; to curve
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
summer clothes; summer wear; summer uniform
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie