the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
female high-school student
to follow another's example
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
liquid; liquid hair product
the first and second; a few
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
residing; living; dwelling
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
payment of debts; repayment
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
one's house; one's home; one's family
several years; a few years
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
how long; how far; how much
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
thousands; several thousand
pure gold; solid gold; fine gold
property; fortune; assets