degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
life; living; I; me; student
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
light; right; right field; right fielder
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
male homosexuality; bill of lading; BL
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
apparently; appears to be
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
expert; knowledgeable person; authority (on a subject)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to