study; library; den; home office; reading room
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
world; society; people; the public
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
stiff formality; set terms
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
treating someone like a child
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
stale; hackneyed; cliched
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to relax; to feel at home
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece
selection of music; song selection
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song
arrangement; to arrange; to orchestrate
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
school festival; campus festival
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals