independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
person who enlivens an atmosphere; person who lifts the mood of others; person who inspires a team; life of the party
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
cheering group; cheering squad
to animate; to liven up; to cheer up
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
voice quality; type of voice
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
competent; suitable; qualified
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
campaign (vote-getting) speech (for a candidate)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
intelligence; intellect; brains
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation