Daihatsu (Japanese automobile manufacturer)
leaguer (e.g. major leaguer)
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets
situation of one's own doing
to miss (one's chance to ...)
Japan Professional Football League (abbr)
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
SUV; sport utility vehicle
operating officer; company executive
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
service industry; service sector
transport staff (driver, conductor, etc.); crew member; crewman
anatomical model of the human body
(professional) driver (of a taxi, train, etc.); motorman; mate (on a ship); officer
omitted character; omitted letter
rather; sooner; preferably
personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard
trivial; not amounting to much
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
clearing one's throat; cough
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance