difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
provisional club enrolment (school, etc.); trial period in a club
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
winter vacation; winter holidays
schedule; program; calendar
the New Year begins; the New Year starts; to end (e.g. apprenticeship, service)
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
to paint a picture; to draw a picture
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
getting (very) cold; becoming (much) colder; chill; cooling down (of economic activity); slowdown; decline
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)
power; might; authority; influence
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
two dimensions; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn; two-dimensional