increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
suprarenal body; adrenal glands
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
type of sōmen made without added oil; specialty of Miyagi prefecture, usu. eaten in broth, esp. warm in winter
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
promotion (school, military, etc.)
hot topic; talk of the town
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
otome game; dating simulation game with a female protagonist and male love interests
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
showing no signs of (verb); extremely unlikely to (verb)
bargain; good buy; budget
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)