college

Caledonia

(colloquial) current boyfriend

(slang) Alternative form of 彼氏 (kareshi, “boyfriend”)

everyone, one and all

withered silvergrass

to wither / to dry up / to die (plant)

The hiragana syllable ひ (hi). Its equivalent in katakana is ヒ (hi). It is the twenty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行い段 (ha-gyō i-dan, “row ha, section i”).

(emphatic, before an adjective, non-productive) indeed, truly

(onomatopoeia) A shriek, as when recoiling in fear or disgust.