(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
index finger; forefinger; second toe
at the height (peak) of one's popularity
idol group; boy band; girl group
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
special; particular; peculiar; unique
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
(going) the pure love stories route (in movie making)
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
considerably; greatly; a lot
official announcement; proclamation
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
reputation; respectability
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
stealing another's romantic partner
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right