square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
personal handy-phone system; PHS; low-powered mobile network system developed in Japan and once popular in parts of Asia
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
in the future; another day; later
ill will; malice; evil intent
failure story; horror story
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
test of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
girl (usu. attractive) with glasses; glasses-wearing girl
countermeasure; counter-measure
(academic) excellence; superiority; honors (e.g. graduating with); cum laude
one's own work; making by oneself
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
just because; even if; even though
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to take to task; to take it out on
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
diction; grammar; syntax; usage; wording