senior high school; high school
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
not necessarily so; is not always true
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
periodic; regular; routine
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
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
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
woman; female; feminine gender
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
if it is the case that ...
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
ago; since; before; previous
salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement