university student; college student
working adult; full-fledged member of society
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
when; how soon; how long until
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
to pedal a bicycle; to ride a bicycle; to cycle; to bike
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
light; easy; non-serious; minor
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
number of times; frequency; count
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
time (for, to do); time (to finish a race, lap, etc.); time-out; thyme
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours
late at night; at a late hour
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
bento; Japanese box lunch
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)