magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to be pretentious; to put on airs
(social) class; rank; grade
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
to look forward to something
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
maximum; max; mux (multiplexor)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
wedded life; married life
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
drink money; drinking money
every month; each month; monthly
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
businessman; industrialist
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to support each other; to support one another