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
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
home delivery (of food); outside catering
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
rate; late; rating; ranking
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
first thing in the afternoon
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
what people say; rumours; public opinion
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary