to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
real intention; true motive; true meaning
female high school student
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
in the end; at the end of the day
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
passing through without stopping; passing by
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); jump
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
signature phrase; signature saying; closing spiel; surefire line; catchphrase
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to be transparent; to show through
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
outward appearance; looks
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice