feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
not understanding; not knowing
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
rejection (of an application)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
the babyboomers; the baby boom generation
employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
to become desperate; to give in to despair
union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)
arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
2nd day of the month; two days
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing