planning; project; plan; design
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
female friend; woman friend
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
platform; home; home base; home plate
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
biting; gnawing; in constant pain; irritated
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to keep (a person) waiting
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
butterfly net; net for catching insects
horizontal stripes; lateral stripes
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
rugger shirt; rugby shirt
to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people