gekiga; manga with a realistic, dramatic art style and mature themes; kamishibai; storytelling with pictures
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
taking a western route; west circuit; travelling the globe westwards; going from east to west
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
domestic air route; domestic airline (company)
slip-up; mistake; fault; (arch.) waste; (arch.) needless expense
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
price decision; price setting; pricing
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
cooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
to yell; to rant; to rave
manners; etiquette; polite behaviour
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
interference in the domestic affairs of another country
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
directions; instructions; orders; command
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
body build; physique; frame
to lean (on, against); to rest (against); to recline; to rely on (someone); to depend on
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in