department (or school) of technology, engineering or science
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
world; society; people; the public
forcibly; against one's will
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
weekly publication; weekly magazine
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
author; writer; novelist; artist
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
speculation; thinking; meditation
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
attendance; presence; appearance