senior high school student
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to jar; to creak; to grate
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to move (house); to change residence
only; merely; but; no more than
single word; a few words; brief comment
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
loveable; very likeable; like very much
how long; how much; to what extent
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
senior high school; high school
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
one day; (on) a certain day
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)