special training; intensive training; crash course
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
cosplay (dressing up as a character from an anime, manga, video game, etc.)
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
just one person; only one
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
being too late; losing one's final chance
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification