to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
listings magazine; informational magazine
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry
multilateral; many-sided; diversified
comment; criticism; critique; review
subscription (e.g. to a magazine)
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
rich person; wealthy person
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
being somewhat excited (agitated)
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
race (of people); type of person
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)
article; news story; report; account
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
throughout; all through; right through
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
one cause; one reason; one factor
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
jigsaw puzzle; jigsaw; puzzle