notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
titles omitted; (names listed) without honorifics
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to take over; to hand over
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
madly in love; completely charmed (by); from the heart; entirely; (arch.) bottom of one's heart
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
enterprise; business; company; corporation
light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car
trip abroad; overseas travel
commuting to school; school commute
arm wrestling; Indian wrestling; wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
transvestite; drag queen; transwoman; male-to-female transsexual
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
father; dad; husband; you; he
to dye; to colour; to color