it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
installation (esp. software)
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
to lie down; to throw oneself down
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
everywhere; all over; throughout
brilliant; bright; dazzling
dry riverbed; river beach
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
sense of values; values; value system
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
even though things may appear this way
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
to come and go; to go back and forth
determination; resolution
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
storage space (esp. in a home)
mental; spiritual; emotional
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)