professor; teaching; instruction
comparatively; relatively
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
there being no backing out; gone too far to retreat
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
partially consumed drink; partially consuming a drink
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
not worth considering; out of the question
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to indicate; to show; to point to
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink up; to drain (cup)
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
healthy; sound; wholesome
life; living; I; me; student
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
small; fine; detailed; stingy
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)