ladies' (fashion, etc.); female bōsōzoku gang
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
third year of elementary school; third year elementary school student
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
primary school; elementary school; grade school
hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
senior high school; high school
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
at that time; in those days
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
myself; yourself; I; me; you
by myself; in person; by oneself
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
study; diligence; discount; reduction
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use