a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
all over Japan; throughout Japan
entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
senior high school student
female high school student
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
unfortunate; unhappy; ill-fated; hapless
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
paper-thin wafer (for wrapping powdered medicine, candies, etc.)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
option; choice; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
violent (fight); slashing and striking; hand-to-hand
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat