how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
stewardess; (female) flight attendant
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
lightweight (e.g. boxing)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
actor; actress; player; performer
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
contradiction; inconsistency
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
arrogant; impudent; haughty; boastful
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
should; must; -able; probably; likely
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
question; inquiry; enquiry
(social) class; rank; grade
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
baseball player; ballplayer
long ago; previous; of a former age
take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
renewal; update; innovation; improvement