childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
home area; home town; local
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to join forces; to cooperate
living; lifestyle; living room
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
while; during; while; although; all; both
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
impossible; unlikely; improbable
rather; better; instead; if anything
you could say; you might say; verging on the
(only) one option; one possible choice
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
coupling; shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
essence; true nature; substance; reality
extreme sadist; very sadistic
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged