preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
alone; by oneself; on one's own
bento; Japanese box lunch
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
department (faculty) of literature
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
department of English literature
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
cabin attendant; flight attendant; Certification Authority; CA; carbohydrate antigen; chronological age
home economics; domestic science
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
instant; moment; for an instant
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to read the situation; to sense the mood
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
nurse; (lit.) angel in white
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered