living room (Western style); sitting room
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
video game (played on a home console)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
cripple; disabled person; invalid
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
first year of high school; first-year high school student
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
study group; study meeting
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
maintenance; preservation; improvement
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to collapse into; to flop onto
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
troubled face; worried expression