to need; to call for; to require
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
place; situation; position; location
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to read the situation; to sense the mood
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
surroundings; environs; circumference
I see; that's right; indeed
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
final exam; term-end examination; end-of-term examination
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
continuation; succession; series
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
hiding one's embarrassment
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself