obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
fast (talking); rapid; quick-tongued
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
occurrence; happening; incident; event
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
middle of the night; dead of night
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
stealthily; secretly; in secret
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
reading (e.g. by a scanner)
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character
on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
comparatively; relatively
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
library; book collection; paperback book
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
cold district; northern district
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
many; much; plenty; hardly
around the clock; day and night
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable