to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
department (or school) of technology, engineering or science
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
third year (college) student; junior
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
complete stranger; total stranger
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
lingerie pub; bar with lingerie-clad hostesses
sex establishment in which staff dress in costumes (schoolgirl, nurse, etc.)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
serious; not joking; straight
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year