study; diligence; discount; reduction
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to recall; to remember; to recollect
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
loveable; very likeable; like very much
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to watch steadily; to stare
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
society; public; community; social studies
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
junior high school student; middle school pupil
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know