alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
nothing but; none other than
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
injured person; wounded person
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
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
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
willpower; energy; vitality
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
symptomatic therapy; allopathy; makeshift solution; stopgap measures; temporary expedient
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
regret; repentance; remorse
feeling keenly; fully realizing
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
participation; joining; entry
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
regarding highly; attaching importance to
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
after that; afterwards; thereafter