intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
-less; lacking; non-existing
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
reason; cause; circumstances
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
immediately; right away; on the spot
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
perfect; perfection; perfect game
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
many; much; plenty; hardly
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
last flight; last bus; last train
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
direct connection; direct link