to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
comparatively; relatively
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
student in a lower grade; underclassman
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to feel depressed; to be down
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to knead well; to polish; to refine
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
if you do this; if this is the case
release; emission; ejection
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
bento; Japanese box lunch
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
how; in what way; by what means
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
new student; freshman; first-year student
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)