having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
handrail; railing; banister
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
right under; directly below
of no interest; not interested
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
sailor suit; middy uniform
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
pigtails; two plaits hanging about one's shoulders; two plaits hanging down one's back; queue
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
forcibly; against one's will
father; dad; husband; you; he
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
January; first month of the lunar calendar
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
study; research; investigation
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
special training; intensive training; crash course
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
never mind!; don't worry about it
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
pleasant feeling; good vibes
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
water's edge; beach; foreshore
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
junior high school student; middle school pupil