whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
stimulating; exciting; provocative
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
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)
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to rock; to shake; to swing
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
question; inquiry; enquiry
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to have meaning; to be meaningful
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily