primary school; elementary school; grade school
boy; son; baby boy; young man
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
that day; the very same day
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to be silent; to say nothing
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
beautification; glorification
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
body; body blow (in boxing)
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
personal; individual; private
human; human-like; as a person
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
school festival; campus festival
memories; recollections; reminiscence
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
every person; every mouth; every entrance
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention