programme; program; plans; arrangements
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
one's old school or university; alma mater; the school or university one attended
home area; home town; local
Spain; Spanish (language)
senior high school; high school
in the prefecture; prefectural
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
in this way; thus; such; uh...
proposal; proposition; suggestion
for example; for instance; e.g.
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
all present; all concerned; all of us
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something