sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
senior high school; high school
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
those (near the second person)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to collapse into; to flop onto
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful