near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
cotton gloves; working gloves
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
preparation; arrangements
tool; implement; means; furniture
changing clothes; change of clothes
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
stealthily; secretly; in secret
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
business; trade; operations; sales
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits