junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
annual (plant); first-year student
growth period; growing season
right in the midst of; right at the height of
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
in the hospital; hospitalized
devoted; self-sacrificing
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
to arrange (one's) shoes (e.g. in a genkan)
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
right under; directly below
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
serious wound; serious injury
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
year in, year out; always; 24-7
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
complete set; all; everything
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
matter of time; question of time
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
victimization by media; trial by media; damage caused by exaggerated or false reporting (e.g. that one has committed a crime)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself