coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
summer vacation; summer holiday
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; Amazon (online retailer)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
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)
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
sense of relief; feeling of relief
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
supporting each other after suffering similar hardships; (lit.) licking each other's wounds
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
murder; killing; murderer
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
hoarse voice; husky voice
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to lean against each other; to rely on each other; to depend on each other; to scratch each other's backs
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
role; duty; position; part
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing