first year of high school; first-year high school student
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
finger marks; dirt from the hands
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
retort; back talk; backchat
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to become distant; to recede
obscure; vague; ambiguous
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to shout (in anger); to yell
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
doing whatever one pleases
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
companion; company; tritagonist
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to have meaning; to be meaningful
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to