other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
individual; private person; personal; private
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
how; in what way; in what manner
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
action committee; executive committee
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
game arcade; video arcade
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
older brother and younger sister
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty