long time; several hours; long spell
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
one life; one's life; one order; one command
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
staying behind; remaining; residual
teacher's desk; teacher's lectern
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
transfer student; student changing schools
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
changing one's image and becoming more social and extroverted upon entering high school
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case; compact car
perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)
first-person novel; novel written in the first person
considerably (beyond one's expectations); unexpectedly; surprisingly; contrary to one's expectations
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
chatting without a break; talking without pause; amusing two-person dialogue (form of stand-up comedy)
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
grand tourer; GT; Greenwich Mean Time; group technology
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
Horikita Maki (1988.10.6-)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
wider Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama and Fukui prefectures); wider Kansai area
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
to throw away; to dispose
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
editor (in publishing, etc.)