until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
senior high school; high school
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
opening a business; opening a practice
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to ask; to enquire; to query
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to be surprised; to be astonished
it is not (like that) either
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)