year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
main question; real issue at hand
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
graduation ceremony; commencement
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
time; season; period; phase; stage
serious; severe; grave; acute
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations