whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to speak; to hear a voice
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
universal serial bus; USB
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)