rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)
cosplay (dressing up as a character from an anime, manga, video game, etc.)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
techno cut; men's hairstyle with straight, angled hair above the ears and a tapered neckline
is something that; is that which
anti-travel sickness (medicine)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji
brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure
practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer
nominating oneself (to something one is usually nominated to by someone else); self-nomination; designating the baseball club one (as a draft candidate) wants to join (through a system used in Japan between 1993-2007)
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
having no license; being unlicensed
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
mockery; derision; ridicule
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
pupil; disciple; follower
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
hierarchical relationship; superior-subordinate relationship; senior-junior relationship
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement