to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
since then; from that time; ever since
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
confections; sweets; candy; cake
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
with these words; while saying
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
being in love with each other
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
female university student; female college student
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
article; news story; report; account
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
open; public; official; overt
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
considerably; fairly; quite
to have a talk; to tell a story
established practice; custom
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend