obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
floppy disk; flexible disk
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
behind; in the rear; in back
successively; one after another
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
to speak; to say; to vocalize
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
apparent; obvious; very clear
divide into four pieces; one fourth
solely; entirely; only; or
highest grade; superlative degree
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty