gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
long ago; a long time ago; already
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to thrust before; to thrust at
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
man; male; masculine gender
university student; college student
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
row of teeth; set of teeth; dentition
performer; entertainer; celebrity
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
mask; disguise; guise; mask
reaction; response; reaction
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at