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
if you please; if you don't mind; when you're ready; if you want; if that's alright with you
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
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
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 call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone 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; 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
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
many; much; plenty; hardly
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
at first; in the beginning; originally