active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
junior high school student; middle school pupil
author; writer; novelist; artist
though one didn't intend (expect) to
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
chance; opportunity; occasion
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
very interesting; of great interest
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of