character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
materials; data; document
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
head house (family); birthplace; originator
quick work; (clever) feat
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
communication skills; communication ability
I appreciate your efforts
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
to pitch forward; to fall forward
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
schoolgirl; female student
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
(only) one option; one possible choice
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
bento; Japanese box lunch
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
bringing; taking; carrying