academic year;  school year;  year in school;  grade in school
 senior high school;  high school
 second-year student;  biennial
 below;  down;  bottom;  beneath;  underneath;  just after;  right after
 the present;  present time;  as of;  present tense;  this world;  this life
 junior high school;  middle school;  lower secondary school
 to hear;  to listen (e.g. to music);  to ask;  to enquire;  to hear about;  to hear of;  to follow (advice, order, etc.)
 from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity);  since;  from (originator);  by;  because;  since;  out of (constituent, part)
 year;  age;  years;  past one's prime;  old age
 indicates a question;  or;  whether or not;  some- (e.g. something, someone);  hmm;  huh;  very
 to be aware of;  to know;  to notice;  to feel;  to understand;  to comprehend;  to remember
 ah!;  oh!;  yes;  indeed;  aah;  gah
 half;  biracial person (esp. half-Japanese);  person of mixed parentage
 accepted;  fully-fledged;  clear;  respectable
 Japanese person;  Japanese people
 name;  given name;  title;  fame;  renown;  pretext
 thing;  matter;  incident;  occurrence;  circumstances;  situation;  work
 indicates word or phrase being defined;  used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.);  with;  (not) as much as;  (not) so much as;  the fact that
 in;  on;  at (place);  as for;  regarding
 same;  identical;  equal;  anyway;  anyhow;  in either case
 storey;  story;  stairs;  stage (in chronostratigraphy);  counter for storeys and floors of a building
 that is to say;  that is;  in short;  in brief;  clogging;  obstruction;  shrinkage
 honorific/polite/humble prefix
 next (to);  adjoining;  adjacent;  house next door;  neighbouring house;  next-door neighbour
 structure;  construction;  makeup;  framework;  organization;  pattern
 from the standpoint of;  as a matter of (e.g. fact);  aboard (a ship or vehicle);  on top of;  first volume (e.g. book);  superior quality;  best
 entrance;  front door;  entryway;  entranceway;  entry hall;  vestibule
 fellow;  mutual;  companion;  comrade
 to be opposite;  to face each other
 to think (about, of);  to think over;  to consider;  to bear in mind;  to think (that);  to believe;  to intend (to do)
 house across the street;  neighbor across the street
 expression;  presentation;  representation;  notation
 should;  must;  -able;  probably;  likely
 don't you think?;  indicates question
 long ago;  already;  a long time ago
 seeming ...;  appearing ...;  -ish;  like a ...;  typical of ...
 early summer;  fourth month of the lunar calendar
 clothes made from jersey cloth;  cutsew