walking heavily; lumbering
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
(muscular) explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force; quick responsiveness; instantaneity
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving one's legs forward without letting one's feet leave the ground
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
making (a book, etc.) into a film; adapting for the screen
novel; story; (work of) fiction
outward appearance; looks
foreigner (esp. a Westerner); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
to move to tears; to draw tears; to evoke tears
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
recently; lately; these days
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
(bulge of one's) biceps; zeal; effort; enthusiasm
no need to finish what you're saying; say no more; I can guess the rest already
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
blank space; margin; blank canvas
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
tear gland; lacrimal gland
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
(lower) abdomen; hypogastrium; genitals; private parts
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
this school; the school in question
identification papers; piece of identification; identity document; ID
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside