center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
complication; confusion; disorder
sight (signs) of an aeroplane (airplane)
Air Self-Defense Force; ASDF
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
memory-making; making memories
society regulations; club regulations; constitution
record of proceedings; minutes
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
to smear with blood; to kill
vacant post; vacancy; post in name only
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
with a single blow; with one stroke
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
screen name; username; handle
many points; many dots; being interspersed in countless numbers
hard to get; hard to come by
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
whispering; murmuring; subdued
current student; enrolled student
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child