today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
two classes; double; two sets
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
honorific/polite/humble prefix
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
genuine article; real thing; real deal
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
cosplay (dressing up as a character from an anime, manga, video game, etc.)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
stark naked; completely naked; nude