to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
name; given name; first name
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
annual (plant); first-year student
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
the three powers: heaven, earth and man
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
passing through; through passage
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)