beginning; outset; first; onset
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
not understanding; not knowing
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
by myself; in person; by oneself
to find out; to discover; to locate
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
movie; film; motion picture
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
hard worker; hardworking person
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that