outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
interior; inside; internal
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
newspaper reporter; print journalist
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
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)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
feeling like friends; the feeling of friendship
junior high school graduate; middle school graduate
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
like a part of the family
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
comprehensive medical check-up; thorough physical examination
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
do-or-die game; crucial contest
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
recreation; diversion; relaxation
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
debut match; debut fight; debut race
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo