graduation ceremony; commencement
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
Sazae-san (Japanese comic character)
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to discuss; to talk together
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
for work; for manufacturing
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
having said that; on the other hand
to collect; to assemble; to gather