non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
Aomori (city, prefecture)
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to be found; to be discovered
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
choices; alternatives; options
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
each day; from day to day; day-to-day
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
with these words; while saying
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
takes (e.g. of photographs); exposures
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
request; favour (to ask); wish; please