row of cherry trees (lining a street)
parking area for bicycles; bicycle parking
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 someone; absolutely; certainly; to be sure
snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility
time around sunset; early evening
(private) part-time school for that prepares students for entrance examinations; cram school; prep school
12th day of the month; 12 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 break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
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 (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room
consultation on career, university, etc. choices
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
one act (of a play); scene; event
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
whenever they come together
bleaching; soaking; bleached cotton (esp. wrapped around the torso); doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (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