it's been a long time; long time no see
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
person who is satisfied with their real (offline) life; normie
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
senior high school student
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
isolation; being alone; being friendless
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
senior high school; high school
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
summer vacation; summer holiday
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
as usual; as is one's habit
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
real experience; actual observations
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
commuting to school; school commute
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
young people who behave in a rowdy fashion (e.g. in a pub); young people who cheer and drink loudly
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common