largest class; top category
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
financial world; business circles
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
warp; curvature; curve; arch
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to be exhausted; to be worn out
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
related to; in relation to
superman; superhuman person; Superman (superhero)
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed
homecoming; returning home
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
deeply meaningful; profound; rich (in meaning)
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)