to be at a loss; to be puzzled
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to tumble down; to roll down
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
student (esp. a university student)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
professionalism; professional awareness; professional attitude
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
yen (currency of Japan); circle
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
distant look; faraway look
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
headlight (on a vehicle); headlamp (flashlight worn on the head); head torch
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth