Vocabulary

all-star game

self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; MHLW

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

implant (esp. dental)

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

snowboard; snowboarding

to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to tag along

have to; have no choice but to; cannot help (doing); be compelled to; be obliged to; be forced to

some people; a number of people; several people; a few people

pluralizing suffix

interval; period of time

rank; place (e.g. first place)

how long; how far; how much

in a way that is uncharacteristic of ...; in a way that is unbecoming to ...; in a way that is unbefitting of ...; despite one's position as ...; despite being ...

as always; as usual

boisterously; roughly; briskly

gently; airily; fluffily

not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

hereabouts; around there; that area

shape

more than expected

portrait

popcorn

graduate student; postgraduate student

World Heritage (site)

Osaka (city, prefecture)

cheese cake

scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)

no

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.)

history

large; big; great; major; important; serious

Japanese language

apology

straw

naughty; mischievous; unruly

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop