underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
influence; clout; leverage
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
as you see; as you can see
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
parallel universe; alternative reality; parallel world
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
innumerable; countless; numberless
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
general idea; concept; notion
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
portrait orientation; vertical orientation
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
school swimsuit; regulation blue one-piece swimsuit worn by pupils in school-based swimming events
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
link; directory entry; rink
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
(one) could even say that
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
idealistic thought (argument)