to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
settlement; solution; resolution
senior high school student
offence; offense; hindrance
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
clanging; empty; deserted
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
future (usually near); prospects
senior high school; high school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
part-time employer; place where one works part-time