speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
schoolgirl; female student
personal history; background; career
to have a talk; to tell a story
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
story; tale; talk; discussion
at that time; in those days
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
special selection; finest pick; top pick
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
frequency (of appearance)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
to do; to have the nerve to (do)
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot