battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
that's the way it is; such is life
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
senior high school; high school
life; living; I; me; student
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
S; s; south; sulfur; nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); small; second
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
lowest-ranking; one-star (hotel, restaurant, etc.)
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
successive generations; successive emperors
at least; at most; (even) just
increase and decrease; fluctuation
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
merit (ability, efficiency) rating; employee performance evaluation
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...