buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
emotional strength; force of will
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
keeping things tidy and in order
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
secret base; hideout; hidden position
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.)
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
alert status; emergency alert
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
banning of books; banned book
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
back country; remote countryside
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
height of; middle of; full bloom
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries