lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
without cause; without reason
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
about; on; regarding; per; for every
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
besides; in addition; also; moreover
existence; being; presence
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all