admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
combined school (e.g. junior high and high school)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
senior high school; high school
nothing but; except; no more than
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
older sister; lass; young lady
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
answering machine; answerphone
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
please (give me); please (do for me)
the other day; a few days ago
telephone call; telephone (device)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to