truancy; school non-attendance
junior high school student; middle school pupil
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
comments section (on a blog, website, application, etc.); comment field
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
abusive language; violent language; wild words
pitching in consecutive games; making multiple posts (on a website); posting multiple comments
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
power; authority; jurisdiction
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
low rating; bad reputation
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
friendly relations; social relations; social life
weak point; unskillfulness
devoted; self-sacrificing
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
face; looks; vestiges; trace
everywhere; all over; throughout
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to torment; to torture; to harass
episode; anecdote; vignette
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying