muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
suddenly; all of a sudden
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to gain weight; to put on weight
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to bend; to warp; to curve
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to say no more; to sink into silence