zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
number of times; frequency; count
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
moving to new seats; moving to new desks
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
excursion; field trip; school trip
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
university student; college student
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
beginning; outset; first; onset
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
audiovisual; adult video; porn video; pornographic video
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!