head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
educational institution; school; academy; campus
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to speak; to hear a voice
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
in that way; thus; so; so?
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
now; the present time; just now; another; more
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
dealing with; coping with