perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
to be rustic; to be countrified; to have a rural feel
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
newcomer; initiate; rookie
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
one's mental make-up (structure)
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
reaching; attaining; arrival
to become scared; to have an attack of nerves; to have a yellow streak; to chicken out; to run out of courage
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
to stray from; to get lost
not worth doing; waste of effort
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
number two; mistress; concubine
heartstrings; innermost soul
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
attention seeker; look-at-me
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary