sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
bio-; biotechnology; VAIO (Sony brand-name)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
study; research; investigation
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
a long time ago; in those days
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
solitude; loneliness; isolation
very young; little; childish; immature
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
country living; life in the country; country life
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to become fraught with emotion
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
boarder; boarding student
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to live; to make a living; to get on with