repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
diligent student; studious person
someone who battles on in difficult circumstances
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
if so; in that case; in that situation
damp; moist (negative nuance)
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
debut work; one's first work
to make a lasting impression
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
the same; the said; likewise