active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
being twice divorced; two-time divorcee; (lit.) two x marks (i.e. two names struck from the family register)
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
intelligence quotient; IQ
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
bright person; talented student; prodigy
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
strong-willed; strong of heart
speech; expression; wording; language
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
interview (e.g. for a job)
loose (e.g. belt); slovenly; careless; slack
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
arbitration; intercession; mediation
to be softened; to calm down
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
family; members of a family
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade