goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
close; intimate; on good terms
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
bento; Japanese box lunch
such; this sort of; like this
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
considerably; greatly; a lot
to become better; to improve
hello; good day; good afternoon
manners; behavior; behaviour
distinguished service; meritorious service
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
serious; not joking; straight
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
newspaper with a lot of advertisements and delivered for free of charge
article; news story; report; account
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
cram school; private tutoring school; juku