to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
and yet; though; when; in spite of
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
around the clock; day and night
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
comparatively; relatively
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
very much; exceedingly; extremely
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
the same; the said; likewise