senior high school student
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
father; dad; husband; you; he
performing music in the street; busking
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
time; season; period; phase; stage
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
while; during; while; although; all; both
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
instead; but (on the other hand)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience