standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
more and more; increasingly; all the more
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
client list; customer list
highly conscious; highly aware; well-versed; highly knowledgable
preview of next installment (TV shows, podcasts, etc.)
to find out; to discover; to detect
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
large intestine; large bowel; colon
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
lukewarm; tepid; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
simmer; bubble out; flow out
what's what; heads or tails
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
to gain fame; to make one's name
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full