pull together!; give it your best shot!; let's do this!
homeroom; form room; form class
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
seductress; coquette; minx
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
squash (drink); squash (sport)
whoosh (of water); hiss (of a cat, snake, etc.); sizzle
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia); Japanese pear; Asian pear
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to accept; to receive; to agree
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
called; known as; that; to say
to pretend; to act (as if)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
one more time; once more; once again
large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.; cue card; crib sheet; cheat sheet
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)