rather; sooner; preferably
teppanyaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)
try-hard award; consolation prize
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
stay calm; don't be rushed; don't be flustered
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
to get on well with (someone)
to start shouting; to break out
counter-; corresponding; face; opposite
no matter how much time passes
model or exemplary student
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
image change; changing one's image; makeover
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
as if it were about oneself
relations; members of extended family
first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment
to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to make (a person) pay for (something)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
the good fortune to have been born male
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
from where one sits; while sitting by
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
short-distance race; sprint
can't help worrying; besides myself with worry
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
(for the taste of something) to become apparent; (for someone's character) to come out
bow (weapon); bow; bowknot; bow tie
to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails