in a little bit; after a short while
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to be scattered around; to be all over the place
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
complete recovery; healing
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
sympathy; empathy; response
hereabouts; around there; that area
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
senior high school student
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to speak; to say; to vocalize
serious; not joking; straight
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
since when; from when; how long
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
unrequited love; one-sided love
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
friendship; companionship; fraternity; comradeship
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
near; close; beside; third person
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
relatively; comparatively