to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
to take over; to hand over
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
madly in love; completely charmed (by); from the heart; entirely; (arch.) bottom of one's heart
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car
trip abroad; overseas travel
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
commuting to school; school commute
arm wrestling; Indian wrestling; wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
transvestite; drag queen; transwoman; male-to-female transsexual