high-class restaurant; high-end store
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
official name; formal name
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness
world; society; people; the public
import; importation; introduction; afferent
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
proud; having a prominent nose
final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
reign; being on the throne
several items; many items
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
man fit for the post; right person
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
to play around; to gallivant about
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
persistent; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to flavor; to flavour; to season
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
to contract a disease; to get sick; to become ill