male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
littering; (carelessly) tossing away
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to speak ill of; to disparage
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
laboratory animal; experimental animal
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
baseball player; ballplayer
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); snatching; stealing
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
strike (i.e. industrial action)
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
perspiration given off during sleep; sweating while sleeping; night sweats