depiction; description; portrayal
life; living; I; me; student
it's not like; it isn't as if
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
although I say; although one might say; although called
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
failure; futility; uselessness; x (mark); cross
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
oppekepe; type of mid-Meiji rap-like enka popularized by Otojirō Kawakami
oppekepe; type of mid-Meiji rap-like enka popularized by Otojirō Kawakami
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to give an impression; to make an impression
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
thought; consideration; thinking
reopening; resumption; restarting
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
already; now; no longer; not any more