to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
inexcusable; unjustifiable; sorry; remorseful; excuse me; (I'm) sorry
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
great difference; major mistake
transfer student; student changing schools
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)
complete stranger; total stranger
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to permeate
combined school (e.g. junior high and high school)
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
progressive; progressive scan; non-interlaced scan
one or two; a few; small number
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
having worldly wisdom; worldly person; cosmopolitan
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
inscrutable are the ways people are brought together; there is no telling how people are brought together; marriages are made in heaven
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
(personal) background check
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
complete; whole; perfect; safe
shoe rack (at an entrance); shoe cupboard; shoe cubby
photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
perverse; perverted; twisted; inverted
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
other matters; other people's affairs
having gone too far to turn back