military style; army style
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
lung capacity; breathing capacity; vital capacity
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
main school; principal school; this school; our school
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
in this manner; in this way; like this
accompaniment to a chant; musician accompanying a chant; samisen accompaniment to a recitation; samisen player accompanying a recitation; samisen music played between the sections of a nagauta; samisen interlude
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
make one wrong move and ...; take one wrong step and ...
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
the very start; the very beginning
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
physical education; PE; gym (class)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
notice; attention; observation
everything; anything; nothing
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to say; to be pleased to say
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; extremely; incredibly; tremendously
personal; individual; private