wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
physical education; PE; gym (class)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
teacher's license (licence) (required to teach in preschool, elementary or secondary schools)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
such ... as; or some such
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
in one's own way or style
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
explanation; interpretation
to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock
to know (a person); to think
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
chemical plant; chemical factory; chemical works
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
follow-up report; further news
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
three; three years of age
bakery; baker; pastry shop
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
never mind!; don't worry about it
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
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