no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to talk; to chat; to chatter
having said that; on the other hand
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to steal; to shoplift; to play pachinko
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
in one's own way or style
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
new student; freshman; first-year student
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
set of three; three sets; three classes
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
with a friendly grin; smilingly
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
no need to guess; certainly
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
even though; despite; when
first meeting; first interview with
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...