to step forward; to take a step forward
sudden impulse; passing fancy
equality; impartiality; evenness
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
educator; teacher; educationalist
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
collision; bumping into; head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to get angry; to become perverse
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
competent; suitable; qualified
to be opposite; to face each other
end; tip; extremities; terminal
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
error; mistake; slip; bug
rhyming game; play on words; pun
Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period
unprecedented; record-breaking
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures