townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
quarrel; dispute; argument
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
loser; defeated person; the defeated
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to continue to do; to persist in doing
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
coloured paper; colored paper
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
indicate reason; infers some protest
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it
vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited