to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
street; quarter; district; area
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
every year; yearly; annually
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
system; institution; organization; organisation
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
management base; business foundation
to differ; to vary; to disagree
originally; by nature; from the start
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
closing of a school; closed school
school building; schoolhouse
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
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)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it