contrary to one's expectations
in spite of; regardless of
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
two times; twice; two degrees
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
it is I who should say so
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
innocence; being not guilty
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
rest; break; recess; intermission
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial