place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to happen to hear; to overhear
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
so what!; who gives a damn?
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
beginning; outset; first; onset
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)