eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
a step; short distance; short time
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
leader; central personage
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
leaving (a facility, clinic, office, research institute, etc.); retiring
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
to make coffee; to brew coffee
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
public opinion poll; straw poll
human rights; civil liberties
one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
high efficiency; high performance
back off!; leave me alone!
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
visual novel; interactive fiction video game featuring a text-based story and mostly static graphics
ringlets (hairstyle); ringlet curls; sausage curls
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful
to make (with great attention to detail); to produce; to craft; to build (something) into
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon