one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
the opposite sex; isomerism
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
beginning; outset; first; onset
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
one-by-one; separately; in detail
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
good humour (humor); good mood