street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
perfect obsession; personal fixation; addiction to (something matching one's tastes)
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
corridor; hallway; passageway
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
hitting endlessly; beating up comprehensively
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
woman; female; feminine gender
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
overall; general; as a whole
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official