gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if it's fine with you; if you don't mind; if necessary
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
badger game (scheme in which a man has his wife or lover seduce another man to blackmail him)
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
overlooking; turning a blind eye
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
progress; advance; improvement; development
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
attractive body; nice-looking body
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
Christmas Eve; holy night
feeling of alienation; sense of being excluded; feeling of estrangement
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife