travelling alone; solitary journey
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
parent-child relationship
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
lineage; pedigree; family line
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
report card; result sheet
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
and what is worse; to make matters worse
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
practical question (problem); practical matter
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
suggestion; hint; implication
nocturnal luminescence; noctilucence
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
nonchalantly; without a care
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to become an expert; to be master at