young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to be softened; to calm down
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
difficult to ...; hard to ...
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
very young; little; childish; immature
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
self-torturing; masochistic
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
match (to light fire with)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)