graduation ceremony; commencement
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
dream for the future; hopes for the future
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
lower seat; seat at bottom of the table
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
order of seats; seating precedence; class standing
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
depending on; dependent on
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
other side; opposite side; other party
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
televising; broadcasting; airing
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order