superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
loveable; very likeable; like very much
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
either way; in any case; one way or another
senior high school; high school
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
what's that?; what the...
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
deep sleep; sleep soundly
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
government office; agency; board
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
genius; prodigy; natural gift