to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
head of the student council; president of the student council
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
in comparison to; rather than
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
senior high school; high school
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
future (usually near); prospects
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to graduate from a university
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with