academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
senior high school; high school
second-year student; biennial
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
Japanese person; Japanese people
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
honorific/polite/humble prefix
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to be opposite; to face each other
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
house across the street; neighbor across the street
expression; presentation; representation; notation
should; must; -able; probably; likely
don't you think?; indicates question
long ago; already; a long time ago
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
clothes made from jersey cloth; cutsew