state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to press against each other; to huddle together
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
expulsion movement; boycott
to approach; to draw near
the scruff or nape of the neck
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
boastful speech; bragging
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
weight training; muscle training
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
sports-minded; sports-oriented
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
twice; again; second time
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after