Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
as if nothing had happened
the teaching profession; education of laity
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
countenance; features; looks
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to not take seriously; to take lightly
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to have a talk; to tell a story
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
it's not like; it isn't as if
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly