modern; up-to-date; art nouveau; Beaujolais nouveau (wine); vague; fuzzy
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
second year (college) student; sophomore
horse native to Hokkaido; person born and raised in Hokkaido
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
Non-alcoholic mixed drink
bar which also provides meals
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
"Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front
(edible) snail (esp. Roman snail, Helix pomatia)
control value; minimal required value
Burgundy (wine); Bourgogne
management studies; business administration (study of)
flower offering; floral tribute; laying flowers
badger game; scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail
devotion to one's family; fondness for one's family
spiritual; religious song; spiritual
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri
square metre; square meter
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
selection of music; song selection