busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
change of occupation; career change
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
senior high school; high school
summer vacation; summer holiday
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
time; season; period; phase; stage
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
of course; certainly; naturally
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
mental; spiritual; emotional
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
than; from; out of; except; but; more
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
living with one's parents; living at home
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to feel; to sense; to experience
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start