self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
without exaggeration; truthful; factual
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
rocket (Eruca sativa); arugula; roquette
avocado (Persea americana)
to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out
settlement; payment of account
interpersonal; between individuals
remittance; sending money
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
just as one was told; like she (he) said
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
transfer student; student changing schools
to mix; to stir; to blend
short homeroom (at the beginning and end of the school day)
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
timewasting; killing time
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door); to change completely; to do a 180
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling