home area; home town; local
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
tic-tac-toe; noughts and crosses
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
IQ; intelligence quotient
even if; even though; however; no matter how
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
1,000,000; one million; million; many
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
number of days (times) one has attended
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
emergency meeting of the upper house of the Diet (in response to dissolution of the lower house)
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
skill; dexterity; proficiency
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
having said that; on the other hand
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace