pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
US Open (esp. tennis and golf championships)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to succeed; to bear fruit
businessman; industrialist
heart; guts; nerve; central part
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
book for novices; general introduction to a subject
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
adult film actress; pornstar
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
exterminatory measure; eradication campaign
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
participation; joining; entry; adherence
member of the House of Councillors
plaintiff; accuser; prosecutor
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
excursion; field trip; school trip
senior high school student
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
pupil; student; schoolchild