supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
all present; all concerned; all of us
sports ground; sports oval
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
considerably; fairly; quite
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
don't you think?; indicates question
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board