looking back; worry; anxiety
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
dense; dim; dull-witted; unsympathetic; slow to understand; slow on the uptake
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
that kind; competition; match
to begin slipping or sliding; to make a start upon
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
soft and elastic; flexible; pliant
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
about when; about what time; how soon
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
that's true; of course; obviously
influencing (a person) for good
to telephone; to make a phone call
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
McDonaldization (institutions in society becoming standardized and focused on efficiency and predictability)
MacDonald; Macdonald; Mcdonald; McDonald's (fast food chain)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
Japanese calendar; Japanese imperial year
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
in the meantime; meanwhile