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
horse native to Hokkaido; person born and raised in Hokkaido
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
Non-alcoholic mixed drink
bar which also provides meals
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
Burgundy (wine); Bourgogne
management studies; business administration (study of)
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
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn