frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to despise; to belittle; to look down on
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
emotional scars; mental trauma
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
body; physical system; (the) person
(not) even once; (not) ever
either way; in any case; one way or another
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
competent; suitable; qualified
forced laugh; forced smile
environment; circumstance
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
one's post; place of work; workplace
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
company president; manager; director
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
later on; eventually; afterwards
to happen to meet; to come across
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party