memories; recollections; reminiscence
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
misremembering; remembering incorrectly; mistaken memory
... years old; age (of) ...
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
young; youth; young person
gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion style usually characterized by dyed hair and gaudy clothing; gal; girl; young woman
photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends
female high school student; isn't it obvious?; that's common sense
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
last update; last updated
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
female high school student
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
World War III; Third World War
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
reduction of armaments; disarmament
along with; in line with; following; due to; as a result of; in accordance with
pre-war days; before the war
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to compare with the eye; to judge by comparison; to take into consideration; to bear in mind