reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
promotion (school, military, etc.)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
most (numerous); largest (number of)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
by sheer strength; by brute force
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
secrecy; highly classified information
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
Leo (constellation); the Lion
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
first meeting; first interview with
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery