to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
place where music lessons are given; music class; music school
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
besides; in addition; also; moreover
contradiction; inconsistency
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
before the end of this year
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
material; materials; data; information; documents
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
promotion (school, military, etc.)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly