perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
wherein; therein; thereinto
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
(some) more; even more; longer; further
hiding one's embarrassment
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
chair; stool; post; office; position
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
in comparison to; rather than
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
imagination; supposition; guess
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
failure; mistake; blunder
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding