rest; break; recess; intermission
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
meaning; significance; sense
interruption; suspension; break
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
after school (at the end of the day)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
keep on (doing); (doing) the whole time; (doing) all the time; (doing) all the way; (doing) non-stop
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled