light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
calm; composed; cool; quiet
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
war; battle; match; game; competition
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
such a thing; something like that
hundred battles; many battles
loss; defeat; counter for losses
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
gifted education; special education for gifted children
that is to say; so that means
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
foreign; abroad; overseas
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
price; cost; value; worth; value
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale