beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
starting from scratch; making a fresh start; redoing; calling again; visiting again
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
loitering on the way; wayside grass
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
direction of travel; direction of movement
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
a lot; a great deal; plentifully; properly; sufficiently; fully
to get warm; to become warm
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
cat ears; nekomimi; character with cat ears; ears with soft earwax that has a slight smell
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
hereabouts; around there; that area
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
to tear up and throw away
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to be exposed to wind; to (go out to) get some air
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
Noctua (no longer recognized constellation); the Owl
Felis (former constellation)
absorption; suction; attraction
12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)