route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
reinforcement; strengthening
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
bento; Japanese box lunch
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
indicate reason; infers some protest
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
anything and everything; just about everything
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
older person with more life experience
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to pick up; to find; to gather
rather; sooner; preferably
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
as if it were about oneself
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate