please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to state; to express; to mention
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
man; male; masculine gender
how many people; a number of people
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
stochastic; probabilistic
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to concern; to be related
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
high rating; good reputation
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
collation; examining and comparing
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation