to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
protein; protein powder; protein supplement
classical school or style (e.g. of music, baseball pitching, etc.); orthodox school; authentic style; purist; follower of the orthodox school
to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
weight training; muscle training
steamroller voting; steamrollering
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
considerably; greatly; a lot
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
(turned out) all right in the end
society; the world; the times
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking