fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
pride in one's strength or skill
to knock down; to bring down
well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
diagnosis and treatment; medical care
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
3000; three thousand; many
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
schedule; program; calendar
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
to be able to manage somehow or other
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction