to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to burst open; to pop; to split
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
job hunting; job searching
finding employment; getting a job
remaining; left-over; excess
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
tension; mental strain; nervousness
strap (often decorative for key-holder, mobile phones, etc.)
female high-school student
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
severe criticism; damnation
way of asking; way of listening; listener
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
no matter how much time passes
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial