katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
flour; meal; powder; dust
hang in there; go for it; keep at it; do your best
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
intensification; aggravation
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
to put on airs; to assume importance
drunken interaction (usu. unpleasant)
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
transfer; transport; removal
Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom; rock in the Rhine
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
use of the familiar address "kun"; treating someone with familiarity
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will