good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to go out and away; to leave
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to not take seriously; to take lightly
course; route; path; process; means
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to harm; to cause harm to
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
female high-school student
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
not limited to; not just ...
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to assemble; to set up; to construct
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
descendant; posterity; offspring
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
chief; main; principal; important
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to follow another's example
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
application; request; petition
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root