to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
separate; respective; different
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
final; eventual; ultimate
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
second marriage; remarriage
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
Kitajima Saburō (1936.10-)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
homemade; made in-house; housemade; made on the premises
to change (one's clothes)
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
disliking without even tasting
advance; moving forward; progress
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
(being) among close family or friends only; private (gathering of intimates)
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to keep away; to keep at a distance
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
air of luxury; high class feel
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to