to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
step; stride; counter for steps
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
being entrusted with; taking charge of
four-digit number; thousands column
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to order; to command; to appoint
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
new graduate; recent graduate
high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education
feeling keenly; fully realizing
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)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
man who has sex with many women; playboy; womanizer
threesome (sexual activity)
to change; to shift; to come and go
number two; mistress; concubine
transcendence; excellence; superiority
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force