autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
national; founded and run by the central government
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
mediation; arbitration; conciliation (e.g. in civil or family court, leading to a settlement based on mutual concessions); mediation (of a labor dispute, by a labor relations commission)
spine; backbone; spinal column
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
near oneself; close to one; familiar
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
telephone call; telephone (device)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
kindergartener; preschooler
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
stealthily; secretly; in secret