long ago; a long time ago; already
closing of a school; closed school
fishing harbour; fishing harbor
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
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
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
it is not (like that) either
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
electric appliance store; electrician
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to fight; to exchange blows
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to shake; to sway; to waver
without cause; without reason
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
in that way; thus; so; so?
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way