to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
all over Japan; throughout Japan
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
general manager; director-general
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
Ghanzi (Botswana); Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
Sakamoto Ryouma (1836.1.3-1867.12.10)
Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)