to be intimate with; to befriend
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
younger people; future generations
to choke; to have trouble breathing
pressure; oppression; suppression
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
full dress; formal dress; uniform
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
signature phrase; signature saying; closing spiel; surefire line; catchphrase
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
northeastern part; the northeast
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
somewhat coarse; somewhat rough; rather coarse; rather rough
to make (with great attention to detail); to produce; to craft; to build (something) into
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
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
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown