to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
skillful; clever; versatile; handy
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
study; diligence; discount; reduction
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
number one; first; best; most; game; round
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
everything one does; whatever one does
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to be conspicuous; to stand out
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
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)
senior high school; high school
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
changing one's image and becoming more social and extroverted upon entering high school
failure; mistake; blunder
that's true; of course; obviously
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
human relations; personal relationships
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to manage something successfully; to be successful
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
third day of the month; three days