effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
question; inquiry; enquiry
personal; individual; private
history of one's love affairs
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
until now; so far; up to the present
senior high school; high school
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
third day of the month; three days
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
women's college; women's university
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to approach; to draw near
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
that's a different matter; that's a different story
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
downward compatible; backward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; upward compatible; forward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.
after that; afterwards; thereafter