manners; behavior; behaviour
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
attendance (at school); going to school
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
study; diligence; discount; reduction
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
hello; good day; good afternoon
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
of no interest; not interested
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
perfect; complete; flawless
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour