burnable garbage; burnable waste
plastic waste; plastic pollution
extent of decrease; degree of reduction
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
to be injured; to sustain a wound
recompense; indemnity; atonement
New Year's Eve; December 31
same generation; one's generation
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
first shrine visit of New Year
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
the same generation; coeval
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
personal guidance; tutoring
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
author; writer; novelist; artist
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
since then; from that time; ever since
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
brief glimpse of a woman's underwear