junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
flamboyant; extravagant; showy; attention-seeking
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
using every trick (in the book)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
consequence; outcome; result; blame
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period