habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
in this way; thus; such; uh...
library (usu. single-room); small library
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
fixed date; appointed day
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
time; season; period; phase; stage
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
proposal; proposition; suggestion
transcendence; excellence; superiority
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start