strong; powerful; strong (taste, e.g. coffee)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
tension; mental strain; nervousness
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
script; libretto; scenario
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
being bad at communication; being unsociable
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
junior high school student; middle school pupil
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
working adult; full-fledged member of society
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
again; once more; a second time
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness