until now; so far; up to the present
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
designer drug; synthetic drug; quasi-legal drug; (lit.) dangerous drug
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; loss of energy; depletion of stamina
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
almost; roughly; approximately
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
transactions; dealings; business
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
being left out; being ostracized
to take a veneer off something
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by