because of; owing to; due to
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to come and go; to go back and forth
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful
to bury; to embed; to implant
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
solitude; loneliness; isolation
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
to form a pair; to pair up
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
town; city; municipal; urban
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance