to be smart; to be cool; to be sharp; to be stylish
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
potbellied sumo wrestler; wrestler with a big belly; goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; sea devil
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
how; in what way; by what means
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
interview (e.g. for a job)
deep; profound; complicated; advanced; impenetrable
decommissioned vehicle; out of service vehicle; deregistered vehicle; unregistered vehicle; deregistering (vehicle); unregistering
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
frame; flame (abusive or threatening message)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
technique; art; skill; move
Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
finding employment; getting a job
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
serious; not joking; straight
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
the reverse; other side; lining
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
district; section; sector
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
Bach (German composer, 1685-1750)