after a long time; for the first time in a while
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
senior high school; high school
commuting to school; school commute
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
in name only; titular; nominal
deep emotion; strong feelings
to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
junior high school student; middle school pupil
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to happen to meet; to come across
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
persistence; single-mindedness
police; police officer; police station
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to have a rumor circulating
elopement; running away with a lover
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining