eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
relatively; comparatively
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
to begin to walk; to set out
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
nothing; nil; naught; nought
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to throw into; to toss into
to help each other; to cooperate
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
severe; strict; tough; hard
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
same village; same town; same province
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
that's a different matter; that's a different story
how long; how far; how much
10,000,000,000; ten billion
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except