to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
businessman; industrialist
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
top-ranked firm; top-tier corporation; leading company; prestigious company; stellar company
business world; business circles
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
caricature; cartoon; comics
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
detailed knowledge; finely detailed
realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic
shunga; erotic or pornographic woodblock prints
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
any; at all; in the least; even in a slight degree; ever
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
to bend down with a round back
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)