ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to feel inferior; to feel small
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
(carved) statue; sculpture
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
unfortunately; regrettably
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
several years; a few years
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room