expression; presentation; representation; notation
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
on the occasion of; at the time of
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
face; looks; vestiges; trace
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
very young; little; childish; immature
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
memories; recollections; reminiscence
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
kindergartener; preschooler
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy