rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
lately; recently; nowadays
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
national polity; National Athletic Meet
inter-scholastic athletics competition
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
recently; lately; these days
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
older brother; elder brother
genius; prodigy; natural gift
illustrated (with photographs)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
rebirth; new birth; nascent
cold; cold cream; cold wave; cold permanent wave
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
how; in what way; circumstances
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station