to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
educational institution; school; academy; campus
secret; private; surreptitious
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
underworld; underside of society
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
curse; spell; malediction
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
how long; how much; to what extent
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
promotion (school, military, etc.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
student (esp. a university student)
(political) power; authority; influence
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
1000 ri; (a) long distance
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
president (of a society); chairman
pupil; student; schoolchild
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily