thereupon; shortly thereafter
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
bento; Japanese box lunch
to recall; to remember; to recollect
it is I who should say so
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
teacher employment examination
someone who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
older sister; elder sister
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider