to continue; to keep up; to keep on
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
had better ...; had better not ...
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
sense of smell; olfaction
considerably; fairly; quite
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
sense of touch; tactile; tactual; hair style with long bangs
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
sports-minded; sports-oriented
club activities; extracurricular activities
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
in that manner; like that