again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
inter-scholastic athletics competition
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
club activities; extracurricular activities
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
study; diligence; discount; reduction
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
recommendation; referral; endorsement
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
results; record; grades; marks
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
life; living; I; me; student
to have a talk; to tell a story
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on