likability; favorability; popularity
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
good impression; favorable impression
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
family name; lineage; birth; clan
goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
one thin flat object; one sheet
having no money; lack of money
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
self-supporting student; working student
development; exploitation
under development; in development
the first star to appear in the evening
to blame; to find fault with
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
limestone cave; limestone cavern
the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
un-; non-; negative prefix