vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour
official announcement; proclamation
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
journey; route of a journey
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
convenient; handy; useful
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
candy; sweet; confectionary
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
studio apartment; studio flat
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be reminded of; to call to mind
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
to call each other; to call out to one another