considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything
continuing one's education into high school
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
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)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
results; record; grades; marks
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
recommendation; endorsement
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
such; this sort of; like this
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to call each other; to call out to one another
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")