way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
somehow; for some reason or other
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
Japanese history; history of Japan
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
speaking voice; talking voice
preparations for returning (home)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
club activities (usu. clubs in association with a school); extracurricular activities
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
rather than; more ... than ...
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
surname; family name; last name
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to have a talk; to tell a story
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
answering machine; answerphone