personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
number one; first; best; most; game; round
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to peel; to skin; to pare
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
beginning; outset; first; onset
that's the way it is; such is life
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
senior high school; high school
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
standard formal wear worn by students, usu. when going to interviews
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to thrust before; to thrust at
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to shake; to waver; to tremble
something like ...; something called ...
establishment; settlement
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
to need; to call for; to require
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish