one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
jumping to a wrong conclusion
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
another name; nickname; alias; synonym
handsome face; beautiful features
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
to get a reputation as a philanderer
cooking expert; culinary researcher
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama
Saitama (city, prefecture)
namesake program; namesake show; TV or radio program named after the main performer or a sponsor
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
endless; boundless; everlasting
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
pink (colour, color); peach
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
but; however; although; though
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient