back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
moai; Okinawan-style social support group
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
wrong; different; not like that
person of importance; a somebody; absolutely; certainly; to be sure
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
time around sunset; early evening
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
fifth year of elementary school; fifth year elementary school student
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation
consultation on career, university, etc. choices
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm
whenever they come together
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
to kick out; to cut back (on spending)
piercing (cold); biting (wind)
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
how can (one) do something
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
floor below; floor downstairs
present (brought by a visitor); gift
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable