illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
senior high school student
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
staying up all night three nights in a row; triple all-nighter
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support
just because; even if; even though
the last moment; the very end
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
both; both sides; both parties
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to support each other; to support one another
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself