large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
stealthily; secretly; in secret
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
reading (e.g. by a scanner)
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character
on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
comparatively; relatively
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
library; book collection; paperback book
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
cold district; northern district
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
many; much; plenty; hardly
around the clock; day and night
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
writing; composition; essay; sentence
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab