talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
student guidance; student counseling
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
number of characters per line, page, etc.
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
written apology; written statement of regret
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
to be helpful; to be useful
guardian; protector; patron; parent
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person