first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
senior high school; high school
overseas student; exchange student
poor physical health; bad shape
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
news program; news programme
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
don't you think?; indicates question
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
difficult to ...; hard to ...
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
in person; personally; directly