comedic style; humorous; funny; comical
influx of South Korean pop culture (into Japan)
frankly; honestly speaking; speaking one's mind and holding nothing back; really; extremely
little theater; small theater
drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts
General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
selection of music; song selection
complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)