out of character; unlike one
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
collection of books; (personal) library
with one's mouth wide open; gapingly
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
lidded plastic container; Tupperware
no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.); no eating or drinking
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)
being good at cooking; good cook
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
determination; resolution
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
start of work; commencement; opening
profound; deep; unfathomable
speculation; thinking; meditation
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects