very great; enormous; serious
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
morality; moral principles
bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming (a difficulty); conquering (e.g. a mountain); mastery (of a skill)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
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 woman; young (animal); 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 words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
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 get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
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