how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
derailment; digression; deviation
main question; real issue at hand
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to perceive; to understand
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
how long; how far; how much
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
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)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to have meaning; to be meaningful
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
university student; college student
imagination; supposition; guess
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
had better ...; had better not ...
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
pointing out; identification
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
thermoregulation (of the body)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold