time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
passage; path; route; one's way
preparation; arrangements
in the meanwhile; during the time
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
first thing in the morning
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
elementary level; beginner level
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
pupil; student; schoolchild
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
use; utilization; utilisation; application
system; institution; organization; organisation
getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...
many; much; plenty; hardly
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity