the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
sudden change; complete change
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
(school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
second-year student; biennial
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
while; during; while; although; all; both
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
system; institution; organization; organisation
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
study; diligence; discount; reduction
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
start of work; commencement; opening
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that