great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
student guidance; student counseling
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
standard; set; routine; decided
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
phrase; phrase; strawberry
positive (e.g. thinking); positive; positive (pole); anode
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
nothing but; none other than
object of romantic interest; potential love interest
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
football juggling; soccer ball juggling; lifting (in a rugby line-out); (breast) lifting surgery
war of words; quarrel; dispute
honour; honor; glory; renown
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
soccer player; football player; footballer
at a young age; while still young
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording); prologue; introduction
to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly
doctors; teachers; lawyers
team of lawyers; defense team; defence team; litigation team
winning a (legal) case; victory (in a legal case)
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
January; first month of the lunar calendar
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
Udon prefecture (i.e. Kagawa prefecture, famous for its Sanuki udon noodles)
Kagawa Prefecture (Shikoku)
hallyu; Korean wave; rise in global popularity of Korean pop culture
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager