how many years; how long; what year
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
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.)
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
from now; from this moment; henceforth
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
primary school; elementary school; grade school
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
by means of; due to; because of; according to
rice field on flat land; unterraced paddy
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally