support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to come face to face (with)
estimate (of costs); budget
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
savage; wild; unruly; to behave roughly; to get wild
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
hare (esp. the Japanese hare, Lepus brachyurus); wild rabbit
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to summon courage; to be brave
to come face to face (with)
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
wind blowing down from a mountain
to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
(small) stone; rock; pebble
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
homeroom; form room; form class
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far