advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
senior high school student
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
(doing) karaoke by oneself
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
literally; to the letter; literal
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
use; utilization; utilisation; application
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
very; much; greatly; a lot of
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
witnessing; observing; sighting
one's post; place of work; workplace
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary