Pocky (biscuit stick coated with chocolate, strawberry, etc.)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
and; thereupon; because of that
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
first offence; first offense; first offender; first-time offender
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
curfew; lockdown; grounding
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
back country; remote countryside
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
living together; communal life; cohabitation
rehabilitation facilities; halfway house
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
that's the way it is; such is life
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)