complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
senior high school; high school
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
alone; unaided; away from home
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
older sister; elder sister
that's the way it is; such is life
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
memory; sense; experience
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all