flying column; detached force
good prospects; full of hope; promising
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to set (sun); to become dark
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to thrust before; to thrust at
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
dual personality; split personality
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
chief; main; principal; important
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad