being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
in this way; along these lines; similarly
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
reopening; resumption; restarting
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
window-side; window (seat, e.g. on a plane)
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
parallel world; parallel universe
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
continual change; vicissitudes; transmigration; metempsychosis
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to look around; to take a view of
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
to say; to be pleased to say
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
positive thinking; optimism
positive (e.g. thinking); positive; positive (pole); anode
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)?
whispered conversation; whispering
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
distrust of (other) human beings
master; teacher; stable master
to be hot on a person's heels
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick