treating someone like a child
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
willpower; energy; vitality
moment by moment; hour by hour
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
prefectural senior high school; public senior high school
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper; twisting throw
in the prefecture; prefectural
prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished
shoe rack (at an entrance); shoe cupboard; shoe cubby
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
name plate; name tag; label
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
sluggishness after few days off
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
wide-open; frank; open; candid
to seem; to appear likely
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
person who enlivens an atmosphere; person who lifts the mood of others; person who inspires a team; life of the party
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
transfer student; student changing schools
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
entrance examination (for a transfer student)
third-year student; third-year pupil
the number of people; many people; a large number of people