polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
arrogant; haughty; insolent
infancy; childhood; tender age
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
to have an uneasy conscience
someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
gambling den; gambling house
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
your (visual) observation
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
weird; disgusting; sickening
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
tengen; central black dot on a go board; Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15); Tengen (professional title)
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
lying face down; lying on one's face; lying prostrate
too many to count; too numerous to mention
to have (something) innate; to be born with
independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity
influence; clout; leverage