senior high school student
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
self-deprecating; self-mocking
to be worried; to be troubled
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
to repeat; to do something over again
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to lie down; to throw oneself down
decision; determination; resolution
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
literally; to the letter; literal
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
whole face; all over one's face
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned