peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
after a long time; for the first time in a while
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
spring break; spring vacation
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
person concerned; interested party; related party
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
beachfront park; park by the sea
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
handrail; railing; banister
school building; schoolhouse
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
independence; self-reliance
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch