this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
while; during; while; although; all; both
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
A district in Shibuya, Tokyo famous for being the center of Japanese youth culture and fashion
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in that way; thus; so; so?
quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless
it is not (like that) either
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
older brother; elder brother
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)