new graduate; new graduates
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
for your information; I'm telling you
long ago; previous; of a former age
Dostoevskii; Dostoyevskii
to step back; to walk backwards
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
fraction; odd amount; leftover amount
fear of heights; acrophobia
sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room
law department; law school
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
birthday party; birthday meet-up
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
unheard-of; unprecedented
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
nightlife; night amusements
job hunting; job searching
female university student; female college student
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
leader of a charge; first to arrive
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?