genuine;  real;  full-scale;  full-blown;  full-fledged;  professional
 cold (e.g. weather);  uninteresting (esp. joke);  lame;  dull
 arrival;  coming (e.g. something awaited);  advent
 to feel;  to sense;  to experience
 dress;  outfit;  equipment;  makeup;  adornment;  guise
 to become;  to get;  to result in;  to turn out;  to consist of;  to be composed of;  to be completed
 to start;  to begin;  to start up (a business, society, etc.);  to open (e.g. a store);  to start ...;  to begin to ...
 day;  days;  sun;  sunshine;  (the) day;  daytime;  date
 more and more;  all the more;  at last;  finally;  (at the) last moment;  worst possible time
 to wait for a long time;  to wait and wait;  to eagerly await
 counter for nights of a stay;  overnight stay;  lodging
 fourth day of the month;  four days
 Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
 excursion;  field trip;  school trip
 senior high school;  high school
 biggest;  greatest;  largest;  maximum
 one;  for one thing;  only;  (not) even;  just (e.g. "just try it");  some kind of;  one type of
 coincident with;  while;  simultaneously
 memorial;  testimonial;  commemorative
 it is no exaggeration to say;  it is not too much to say
 normal;  ordinary;  normally;  ordinarily;  local train;  train that stops at every station
 when it comes to ...;  if one were to speak of ...;  by ... you mean ...;  when you say ... you mean that ...;  whenever ...;  if it's ... then (without fail)
 spring;  springtime;  New Year;  prime (of life);  height (of one's prosperity);  adolescence
 enforcement;  implementation;  putting into practice;  carrying out;  operation;  working (e.g. working parameters)
 many;  numerous;  large amount of;  large quantity of;  frequent;  common
 more or less;  though not quite satisfactorily;  tentatively;  for the time being;  just in case;  once
 school centred on preparing students to get into university;  high-level school a person has entered
 good;  advantage;  sake;  purpose;  consequence;  result
 taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
 preparation;  arrangements;  getting ready;  provision;  setup;  reserving
 busy;  occupied;  hectic;  restless;  hurried;  fidgety
 hour;  o'clock;  (specified) time;  when ...;  during ...
 comparatively;  relatively
 surplus;  margin;  leeway;  composure;  placidity;  complacency
 annual (plant);  first-year student
 this;  last (couple of years, etc.);  these;  you (as in "you liar")
 time;  season;  period;  phase;  stage
 to perform;  to do;  to conduct oneself;  to carry out
 to have been decided (so) that;  to have been arranged (so) that;  to be the result (of);  to be the outcome;  to be the reason (for)
 twelve o'clock;  noon;  midnight
 somehow;  for some reason;  without knowing why
 in comparison to;  rather than