preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
in one's own way or style
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
re-examination; reinvestigation
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
rescue operation; aid operation; rescue work
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
these guys; these fellows
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
mission; delegation; transmission
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
for example; for instance; e.g.
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
very rich person; the super rich