important person; strategic person; key figure
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
powerful person; influential person
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
arrogant; haughty; insolent
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
the lower classes; the common people
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible
reopening; resumption; restarting
20th day of the month; 20 days
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
to continue to rain or snow
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually