person who is preoccupied with appearing popular
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
rather; better; instead; if anything
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
price; cost; value; worth; value
to go into the minutest details
script; screenplay; scenario
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
tumbler; self-righting doll
not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; (lit.) falling seven times, getting up eight times; the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to cross the line; to go too far
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to understand from experience
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.