memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
overall victory; championship
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
junior high school student; middle school pupil
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
neighbourhood; neighborhood
putting one's courage to the test
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to surround; to crowd around
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
team competition; team game
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody