to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
life; living; I; me; student
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
association of like-minded people
promotion; raising of status
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
last night; yesterday evening
physical condition; state of health
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing