pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
future (usually near); prospects
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to recall; to remember; to recollect
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
move with haste (when you have no doubts)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
sympathy; compassion; pity
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor