clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to this extent; to this degree; this much
series of battles; successive battles
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
beforehand; in advance; previously
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
good feeling; feeling good
to lie down; to throw oneself down
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
rustling; refreshing; clearly
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally