director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
reform; reformation; reorganization
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
senior high school; high school
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
spring day; spring sunlight
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
transfer student; student changing schools
to go back to the starting point
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
notice; attention; observation
to blow off; to be blown off
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
feeling; sense; impression
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
in the same way as; just like
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
perfect; complete; flawless
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.