designated school recommendation; recommendation for admission from a school designated by the university
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
living together (with one more person)
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
women's college; women's university
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
tap; faucet; tapping (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
not understanding; not knowing
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
looking on; remaining a spectator
infancy; childhood; tender age
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
close; intimate; on good terms
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
female high-school student
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
desperately; for one's dear life
recommendation; referral; endorsement
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
one thin flat object; one sheet
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move