how things should be; the way something ought to be; ideal state; ideal form
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
school festival; campus festival
lately; recently; these days
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
to be main; to be principal; to be important
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
recovery; return to form; regaining one's (usual) form; demodulation
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved