-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
dry field farming; dry field crop
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
food; food products; foodstuffs
dream for the future; hopes for the future
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
free time; time at leisure
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
(period of) a year; during an era
both; both sides; both parties
unofficial report; confidential report
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
martial arts; military arts; Bushido