normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
scenery; scene; landscape
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
process; course; mechanism
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
in the same way as; just like
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to spit out; to eject; to dump
second day of the month; two days
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
homeroom; form room; form class
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
a little bit; a little while
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
(school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
considerably; greatly; a lot
(not so) much; (not) very
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason