compliments; civilities; hospitality; special treatment; bill (at a restaurant); check
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
superior; superiors; senior
speech; expression; wording; language
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
modesty; humility; being humble
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
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
so; like this; in this way
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
how; in what way; in what manner
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
in one's own way or style
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)