field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
to read the situation; to sense the mood
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
lacking a plan; haphazard
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)
to inspect; to examine; to check; to elapse; to pass (time)
normal position (posture); missionary position
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
sexual position where the man lies flat on his back and the woman sits on top; cowgirl position
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
home area; home town; local
shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)
beriberi; tearing off something stuck on the surface of something else (e.g. duct tape)
to be forward; to be impertinent
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
older sister; elder sister