primary school; elementary school; grade school
annual (plant); first-year student
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
settlement; solution; resolution
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
of course; certainly; naturally
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to become possible; to become able to (do)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
wherein; therein; thereinto
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for