to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
eccentric; crank; oddball
honorific/polite/humble prefix
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
adjustment; coordination; integration; conformity
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
proper; respectable; decent; honest
working adult; full-fledged member of society
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
after that; afterwards; thereafter
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
prohibition of sale; ban on sale
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
just because; even if; even though
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
snake; serpent; large snake
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
simply put; putting it simply; in short
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)