flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
enumeration; citation; listing
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decline in academic ability; decline in academic performance
to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
neighbouring house; neighboring house
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
bitter (flavor); bitter (type of beer)
senior; elder; person older than oneself
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)
together with; same; both; all; including ...
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
I've got to be going; I must go
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
to miss a chance; to fail to do
to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
nausea; sickness in the stomach
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
derailment; digression; deviation
propelling pencil; mechanical pencil
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
beyond this point; from now on; after this
green wall; living wall; vertical garden
general (variety) store (shop)
mall; maul (in rugby); mole; Moor; molding
coloured paper; colored paper
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly