sickroom; hospital room; ward
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
(not) even once; (not) ever
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
third-year student; third-year pupil
graduation examination; graduation test
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
(compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age); mandatory retirement
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
in one's own way or style
results; record; grades; marks
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous