agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
already known; well-known
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
direct unforked road; straight path
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
handrail; railing; banister
to distribute; to hand out
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty