thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
beyond one's means or position
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)
to grimace; to make a wry face
communist bloc; Iron Curtain
dictatorship; despotic government
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen
young (e.g. young children); of few years
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
Le Blanc; Bland; Brun; Leblanc; Lebrun
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
writing in a European language; European text; Roman letters
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask
(only) one option; one possible choice
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
metal plate; metallic plate
VTuber; virtual YouTuber; YouTube entertainer represented by an animated avatar
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
that field; the authorities (esp. the police)