athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
festival; feast; carnival
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
knowing; (an) acquaintance
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
old man; venerable gentleman
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
last week; the week before
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to recover consciousness; to come to
seven lives; seven generations
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
single word; a few words; brief comment
playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
grandpa; grampa; grandfather
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
fan-tan (card game); sevens; parliament
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker