thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
classification; categorization; sorting
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to grow taller (of people)
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
retreating figure; appearance from behind
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
contrived; false-sounding
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to give oneself airs; to be prudish
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry