road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
to be late; to be unpunctual
cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to blow through; to blow across
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd (Japanese newspaper company)
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
separate volume; fascicle; fascicule
original text; source book; draft
the staff; inside the department
other; another; over; more than; I; me
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
personage; person (deserving of respect)
explanation; interpretation
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
clerk; office worker; office staff
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite