hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
commuting to school; school commute
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
race (of people); type of person
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
reading aloud; recitation
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
to recall; to remember; to recollect
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
large quantity; large amount
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
sommelier; wine steward; wine expert at a restaurant who advises guests on a choice of wines
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to get someone to say; to make someone say
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up