time; hour; period; class
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
senior high school; high school
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me