top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
declaration; proclamation; announcement
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to order; to command; to appoint
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
there being no use in arguing (about it)
four characters; four letters
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
difference; discrepancy; variation
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
school festival; campus festival
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
in turns; alternately; in order
to look around; to take a view of
alternating current; AC; analogue computer (analog); average cost; adult child
each; (arch.) you (plural)
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
exclamation mark; exclamation point
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious