to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
another school; other schools
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
future (usually near); prospects
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
summer vacation; summer holiday
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
group; party; team; squad; section
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
something like ...; something called ...
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
right in the middle (of); midst; height
cheering group; cheering squad
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be selected (from among many people)
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah