accept one who comes to you
passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
rash guard; rash vest; rashie
failure is the mother of success
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
love is blind; (lit.) (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
lewdness; lewd person; lecher
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
lay-up (in basketball and golf); layup
faking crying; crocodile tears
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
newcomer showing great promise; bright new talent
tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)
pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)
Girls' Day; Dolls' Festival; Hinamatsuri; menstrual day; menstrual period
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
straight-laced person; stubborn person
vacuum pack; vacuum packing
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
side dish; side menu; sidebar menu
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
brimming with youthful enthusiasm; in high spirits; raring to go; overflowing with youthful energy; acting all cute and charged up
premarital sexual relations (intercourse)
Japanese film; Japanese painting
fall; drop; descent; coming down
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
without reservation; freely; frankly
local site; location for making or filming a movie
department of science and engineering