unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
senior high school; high school
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
homecoming; returning home
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
foreign capital group; foreign company
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one