strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
at; in; at; when; by; with
face-to-face lesson; face-to-face class
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
emergency evacuation site (typically outdoors); refuge shelter
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
government; administration; ministry
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
means; way; method; measure
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
function; facility; faculty; feature
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to pretend; to act (as if)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
student (esp. a university student)
studies; schoolwork; classwork
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities