to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
Sakurai Kazutoshi (1970.3.8-)
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
junior high school student; middle school pupil
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
whole book; whole volume; whole story
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
technical; technological; practical
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
belatedly; though a little too late
another thing; exception; special case
just because; even if; even though
sense of values; values; value system
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
sardonic laugh; scornful smile
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
one day; (on) a certain day
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
difficult to ...; hard to ...
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)