truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
mentally strong; strong-willed
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
way; method; means; resource; course
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
village; hamlet; countryside; country
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
District Public Prosecutor's Office
special investigation department
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
some people; a few people; several people
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million