same generation; one's generation
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)
female friend; woman friend
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
rather; better; instead; if anything
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to repeat; to do something over again