presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
matter causing distress; something causing worry
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
patient; unhurried; leisurely
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
student (esp. a university student)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
working adult; full-fledged member of society