kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
playing doctor; playing doctor and patient
senior high school; high school
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
in accordance with; according to
reaction; response; reaction
severe; strict; tough; hard
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
tendency; trend; inclination
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
remarkable; striking; obvious
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
is something that; is that which
to grow up; to become an adult
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
like this; this sort; this way
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
24 hours; twenty-four hours
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after