top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
head of the student council; president of the student council
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
stairs; stairway; staircase
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
group of companies; combine
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
financial power; financial means; wealth
elder sister; effeminate man
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
during; for the duration of
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
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)
Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
war; fighting; fierce competition
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
again; once more; a second time
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand; by extension
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)