to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
starting line; starting point
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
cosmetic surgery; aesthetic surgery
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
palatial residence; stately mansion
car painted with anime characters
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
university hospital; teaching hospital
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
extravagant (spending); generous; luxurious; bubbly; bubblelike
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
Shiroganese; housewife, esp. from up-market Shirogane, who does nothing but shop, dine out, etc.
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
tool; implement; means; furniture
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
matter of time; question of time
speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out