swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
stagnation; hindrance; delay
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
guardians; parents; father and older brother
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to detain; to take into custody
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course