time; season; period; phase; stage
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
how many years; how long; what year
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
suspension (from work or school)