elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
principle; theory; fundamental truth
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
that's the way it is; such is life
gossip; corner of the mouth
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to fly around; to scatter
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
really; truly; indeed; good grief
progress; advance; improvement; development
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
simply; merely; only; solely
observation; survey; watching
classification; categorization; sorting
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
reform; reformation; reorganization
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
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
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person