school inter-class ball-game competition
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
(committee) chairman; president
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
third year of elementary school; third year elementary school student
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to close (one's eyes); to shut
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
everybody; every last one of them; all
prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
major leaguer; major league player
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
death match (pro wrestling); deathmatch; fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track