high achiever; student with good academic results
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
statue; picture; picture revealing character
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
clear; distinct; evident; definite
contemplation; meditation
to talk; to carry meaning
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
onstage appearance of the jōruri musicians and chanters (in kabuki)
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
contradiction; inconsistency
preface; introduction; preamble
that's true; of course; obviously
business conditions; business category; line of business
marital relationship; marital relations
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
boisterously; roughly; briskly
melancholy; gloom; depression
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
the other day; lately; recently; during this period