elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
many; much; plenty; hardly
response; less; -less; loess; wrestling; sexless
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
second-year student; biennial
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to take over; to hand over
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp