to talk; to chat; to chatter
proper; respectable; decent; honest
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
home area; home town; local
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to recall; to remember; to recollect
intermission (between acts); interlude
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
MVP (esp. in baseball); most valuable player
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
boarder; boarding student
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal