dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
resignation; acceptance; consolation
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to stay (at); to stop (at)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
contract; compact; agreement
bullfighting; bullfight; fighting bull
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
many; numerous; various; large number of
even though; despite; when
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
creative power; creativity
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
this (very thing); this precisely
vise; jack; vice; immorality; vice-
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to be prolonged; to drag on
almighty; highest valued card (e.g. ace of spades); wild card
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
long ago; once upon a time
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shoot (of a tree or plant); chute; shuuto; shootball
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that