shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
target group; target persons
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
single word; a few words; brief comment
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
counter for chairs or seats
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
all; entire; whole; altogether
failure; mistake; blunder
home area; home town; local
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to be prolonged; to drag on
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
senior high school; high school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
older brother; elder brother
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
suffix for familiar person
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
feeling of frustration; sense of failure
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
conscious; deliberate; intentional
refusal; rejection; denial; veto