one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
multitasking; multitasking (person); simultaneous (activity); concurrent
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
center part (hairstyle); middle part
commuting to school; school commute
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
the world in general; society; convention
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
cutting in line; queue jumping
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
straightforwardly; in an outspoken manner
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
flight; desertion; escape
course; route; path; process; stages
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
by gender; according to gender; gender-segregated
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
24th day of the month; 24 days
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
23rd day of the month; 23 days