spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
spring break; spring vacation
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
continuing one's education into high school
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
senior high school; high school
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
most part; greater part; majority
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
studies; schoolwork; classwork
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
selection; choice; option
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
second-year student; biennial
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
regret; repentance; remorse
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy