to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
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
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
these guys; these fellows
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
how much; how many; to what extent; oh my god; how; what the
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
what kind of; what sort of; what
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
failure; mistake; blunder