junior high school student; middle school pupil
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
in that way; thus; so; so?
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
head of the student council; president of the student council
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
after school (at the end of the day)
to watch over; to watch attentively