to offend someone; to give offence; to hurt someone's feelings
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
I see; that's right; indeed
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to become fraught with emotion
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
from the beginning; from scratch
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to indicate; to show; to point to
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
schoolgirl; female student
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to become dim; to become blurred