state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
person concerned; interested party; related party
to pen; to write; to draw
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to recall; to remember; to recollect
anonymity; using an assumed name
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
occurrence; happening; incident; event
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
molester; groper; masher; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
even though; despite; when
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
discovery; detection; finding
going along voluntarily to be questioned by police
offender; criminal; culprit
to summon courage; to be brave
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
education world or circles
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
several years; a few years
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
parent-teacher association; PTA