self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
until now; so far; up to the present
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
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
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
no, not like that (but like this)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to be kind to; to treat kindly
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
author; writer; novelist; artist
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
club activities; extracurricular activities
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)