entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
one's post; place of work; workplace
many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to apologize; to apologise
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
to find out; to discover; to locate
to begin talking; to open up
common knowledge; well-known fact
to go downhill; to go down a slope
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
future (usually near); prospects
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck