barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
head; brains; intellect; understanding
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
offensive (movement); aggression
to have a relationship; to have relations
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to leave behind (cargo, passengers, etc.)
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to have meaning; to be meaningful
the same generation; coeval
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to be perturbed; to be agitated
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
judgment; judgement; discernment
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)