soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
person concerned; interested party; related party
when it becomes; when it comes to
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
self-recommendation; self-nomination; putting oneself forward
recommendation (by others)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
shadow figure; silhouette
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
beauty contest; beauty pageant
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor