life; living; I; me; student
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
and then; and so; and; so then
to tie; to fix; to attach
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
training; practice; workout
ninja implement (shuriken, etc.)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
reaching; attaining; arrival
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
and; thereupon; because of that
first runner (in a relay race); top-class runner; vanguard (of a person); front line; top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout