substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
junior high school graduate; middle school graduate
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
tide; current; tendency; trend
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)
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
this and that; various things
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to head home; to leave for home
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
(not) even once; (not) ever
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
isolation; being alone; being friendless
exposure to wind; severe criticism
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
group chat; system for chatting with multiple people simultaneously (e.g. on a messaging application)
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to like; to love; to be fond of
trusting too much; overestimating ability
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
determination; resolution
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh