representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
to battle; to fight; to quarrel
close; intimate; on good terms
temporary; transitory; short-lived
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
blithering idiot; bloody fool; total moron; dimwit
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
focus (of a camera, microscope, etc.); focus (of attention, efforts, etc.); photographing (someone) secretly; focus (in a graphical user interface); forecast (bet)
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
very shy person; bashful person
tone (of voice); manner of talking
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
ladies' (fashion, etc.); female bōsōzoku gang
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace