one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
atelier; studio; workshop
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
about; concerning; related to; -ish
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...