to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
chapter one; first chapter
when it comes to; concerning
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
newcomer; initiate; rookie
having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education); having completed no schooling beyond junior high school; middle school graduate
having graduated from high school (as one's highest completed level of education); high school graduate
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to live; to make a living; to get on with
preschool; not yet enrolled in school
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
bringing one's child to the local park to play for the first time
to give birth to; to have a stomachache
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
(one) letter; (one) character
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
allocation; assignment; allotment
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
single-vehicle accident; single-vehicle collision
to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)
remaining heat; remaining warmth; residual public excitement; commotion; lingering enthusiasm; lingering fervor
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
misrepresentation; false statement