buzzword; popular expression; vogue word or phrase
fabricated story; cooked up (news) report
summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)
Tokugawa Hidetada (1579.5.2-1632.3.14), Shougun 1605-1623
very mean (sneaky); extremely unsportsmanlike
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
to be accepted by a university
rate of advancement to the next higher level of education
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
teacher; previous ruler; previous lord; lord of the previous generation
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
rebuilding; reconstruction; re-erection
capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
(principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
examination; consideration; test; quiz
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
striking with the back of the sword
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA