to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
traditional; conventional
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
to solicit; to demand; to extort
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to chase; to run after; to pursue
violent explosion; bursting
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
March; third month of the lunar calendar
summer vacation; summer holiday
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit