fourth year (college) student; senior
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
to work hard; to work diligently
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to become misty; to become hazy
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
just above; right overhead
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to be powered on; to be turned on
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
way; method; means; resource; course
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
flip flop; bistable (trigger) circuit