spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
to become clear; to be made public
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to pay attention; to be watchful
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
extensive; vast range; wide scope
last days; the end; one's fate
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
to die; to lay down life's burden
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
quietly; slowly; gracefully
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
historic; historical; traditional
materials; data; document
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
heated vegetables; warm vegetables
egg dishes; food prepared with eggs
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
in the future; another day; later
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone