cram school; private tutoring school; juku
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
(period of) a year; during an era
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
tag (children's game); tig
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole