to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
unlimited viewing; watching as much as one likes
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
participation; joining; entry; adherence
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
provisional club enrolment (school, etc.); trial period in a club
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
hairstyle with hair cut short to typical men's hair length
light brown; golden brown; tan
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
changing one's image and becoming more social and extroverted upon entering high school
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school
all present; all concerned; all of us
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
surname; family name; last name
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking