cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
police; police officer; police station
drinking party; get-together
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
influence; clout; leverage
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
general public; the masses
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
senior high school; high school
film studies; cinema studies
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself