directions; instructions; orders; command
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
principal of a private school
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to yearn (for); to pine (for); to long (for); to be madly in love (with); to be consumed with love (for)
hospitalization; hospitalisation
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
does not; do not; will not do
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to do (something) before (something or someone else); to be ahead of (others, the times, etc.)
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
coming to Japan; visit to Japan; arrival in Japan
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
Tokyo Budokan (national martial arts stadium)
that day; the very same day
particularly; only; in the case of
incident resulting in injury
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit