sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
person concerned; interested party; related party
to be prolonged; to drag on
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
the same generation; coeval
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
department (faculty) of literature
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
department of Japanese literature
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
senior high school; high school
new student; freshman; first-year student
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
until now; so far; up to the present
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
eccentric; crank; oddball
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)