incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
shortcut; taking a shortcut; (keyboard) shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
talk; dialogue; conversation
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
awkward (difficult) question
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
to name; to call; to christen; to term
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
although; but; even though; I wish that
dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; maggots in faeces (feces)
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
innocence; being not guilty
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
in proportion to; just as much as
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order