this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
senior high school; high school
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
of no interest; not interested
competent; suitable; qualified
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
senior high school student
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
besides; in addition; also; moreover
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
several years; a few years
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do