name; given name; first name
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
senior high school; high school
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
pupil; student; schoolchild
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
just a minute; small quantity
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
nothing but; none other than
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
honorific/polite/humble prefix
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
with these words; while saying
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere