not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
deputy head teacher; vice principal
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
in that way; thus; so; so?
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
how; in what way; how about
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
within; inside of; less than
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
how; in what way; by what means