undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
growth period; growing season
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
in the hospital; hospitalized
devoted; self-sacrificing
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; 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; pavement
right under; directly below; right beneath
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
serious wound; serious injury
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
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 someone)
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding
most ... ever; most ... up to now; more ... than ever before
burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
(complete) set; outfit; kit; all; everything
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
matter of time; question of time
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
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; one's time (to act); one's chance
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand; by extension