story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
villain; baddie; the villain's part
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to tear off; to strip; to rob
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
schoolgirl; female student
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
as is usual with; in common with
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to be flexible; to be accommodating
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
wintertime; winter season
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned