Vocabulary

charismatic teacher; charming professor

mother

father

feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles

mumbling; muttering

daily

public institution; public organization; official body

becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer

bathing powder; bathwater additive; bath salt

intense suffering

oppressive pain; tenderness; pressure pain

to divide (by)

Oricon

original content

confidence

to make a commotion

frequent

main series

to blank out; to panic

to eat up (in no time); to gobble up; to make short work of; to put away

adult woman; mature woman

swelling (with fluid)

sullenly; discontentedly; silently (in a bad mood); grumpily; with hurt feelings

legislation; development of laws

castle and moat; castle's moat

refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo

automated external defibrillator; AED

total number of trainees

chain of survival

same kind or class; classification

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

lower house (parliament, congress, diet)

invited lecture

invited speaker; guest speaker at

senior group member; leader among peers

symbol characteristic; nature of a symbol

new style; new way; modern; ultra modern

Nissin Foods (abbr)

autumn garment

existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning