to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
prefectural high school; public high school
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
personal affair; one's own affair
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
and; thereupon; because of that
to make merry; to be festive
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
duty; function; office; mission; task
accomplishment; execution
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
furnishings; implements; equipment
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
green belt; greenbelt; strip of vegetation (in an urban area); green strip; tree lawn
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly