instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
being filled with; being full of; permeation
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
underling; newbie; small fry; newcomer
education; training; discipline
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
police officer; policeman; constable
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
headquarters; head office; main office
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
(social) class; rank; grade
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve