diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
otome game; dating simulation game with a female protagonist and male love interests
to ask a question; to ask questions
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
expertise; experience; knowledge
level ground; horizon; field of view
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
educated; learned; schooled
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius); dyer's safflower
rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum); wolfsbane; monkshood; traditional bugaku hat
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another