sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
reality; actuality; hard fact
that's the way it is; such is life
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
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)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
old girl; former female student; alumna; office girl
such; like that; that sort of; very
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
how can (one) do something
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in