to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
right in the midst of; right at the height of
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
school building; schoolhouse
(committee) chairman; president
schoolgirl; female student
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
several weeks; a few weeks
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
exaltation; emotional uplift
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
drunkenness; intoxication
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to be injured; to sustain a wound
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
location information (as used by location-based services, e.g. GPS position)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
desire for revenge; vengeful thought
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly