to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
postage; carriage; shipping charge
sending; forwarding; shipping
returned goods; returning purchased goods
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
business owner; entrepreneur
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
ingenuity; resourcefulness
censorship; inspection; examination
to have an idea; to have a clue
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
negative campaign; mudslinging
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
self-defense; self-defence
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
sobriety; soberness; sober face
proud; having a prominent nose
to cross the line; to go too far
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
great love; passionate affair
reasoning; logic; persuasion
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
erection when waking in the morning; nocturnal penile tumescence; morning glory; morning wood