preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
warm; snug; cozy; cosy; comfortable; pleasant
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
back side; back end; posterior; rear
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
future; possible; potential; prospective
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
Winning Eleven (video game series) (abbr); Pro Evolution Soccer
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
bad influence; negative influence
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
older brother; elder brother
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction