service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
club activities; extracurricular activities
personal grudge; personal enmity
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
trembling from fear; trembling all over
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
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)
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
that's too bad; too bad for you!
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to differ; to vary; to disagree
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
what do you want?; can I help you?
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
even more; still more; further