company president; manager; director
schoolgirl; female student
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
headset (for phones, etc.)
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
celeb; celebrity; wealthy person; rich person; affluent; wealthy
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
you could say; you might say; verging on the
freedom; free man; free woman
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
several weeks; a few weeks
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
in the end; at the end of the day
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
distinction; discrimination
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
strong interaction; strong force
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
product; produce; result; fruit
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
back off!; leave me alone!