cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
inscrutable; incomprehensible
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
depending on the ...; to depend on the ...
bad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
being upright and cleanhanded
indescribable; having no way to express
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
relying entirely on ...; using solely ...; with the sole purpose of ...; based on (mutual consent, etc.)
older brother and younger sister
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural
boastful speech; bragging
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
number of days (times) one has attended
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
to stand aside; to step to the side; to move aside
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen