triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
inside one's heart; in one's mind
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
going through; going via; going by way of
bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
standard size car; ordinary carriage (train); second-class carriage; ordinary car
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
box seat; (restaurant) booth; box (theater, sports stadium, etc.)
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
female high-school student
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
program (e.g. TV); programme
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
home area; home town; local
scenery; scene; landscape
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt