oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
after a long time; for the first time in a while
I see; that's right; indeed
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
single word; a few words; brief comment
to express (in words); to confess
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
professor; teaching; instruction
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
society; public; community; social studies
non-conforming process; noncompliant; incompatible
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to set (sun); to become dark
river; stream; River; the ... river
straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (on ship); forefoot
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
loitering at night (between 11pm and 4am); late-night prowling
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
health; healthy; sound; fit
Japanese film; Japanese painting
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
decision; settlement; definition
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it