first year of high school; first-year high school student
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
by means of; due to; because of; according to
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
one day; (on) a certain day
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it