just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
author; writer; novelist; artist
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
sympathy; empathy; response
professor; teaching; instruction
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
just because; even if; even though
school of one's (first, second) choice
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
finding employment; getting a job
to grow up; to become an adult
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
adds force or indicates command
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to pause; to have a short intermission
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to be silent; to say nothing
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
offender; criminal; culprit
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
living by oneself; living alone
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
to become excited; to grow lively
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism