entreaty; imploring; begging; spoken portion of a song; oral recitation
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
women's college; women's university
calculator (electronic); pocket calculator
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
never ceasing; never ending; endless
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
elementary level; beginner level
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
(giving) instruction; initiation
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
virginity (of a male); virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
advanced level; high grade; senior
rational; reasonable; logical
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
human relations; personal relationships
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
very much; exceedingly; extremely
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)