service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
time; hour; period; class
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
enmity; antagonism; hostility
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
relatively; comparatively
to be surprised; to be astonished
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to be found; to be discovered
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
decision; determination; resolution
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook