midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
overcast sky in the rainy season
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
beginning; outset; first; onset
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
almost every day; almost daily
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
going to the hospital for regular treatment
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to repeat; to do something over again
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage