holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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)
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
pupil; student; schoolchild
after school (at the end of the day)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to move around; to move about; to get around
summer vacation; summer holiday
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
simply; merely; only; solely
existence; being; presence
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
action committee; executive committee
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in