to wash away; to rinse off
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
willpower; energy; vitality
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
spin; rotation; spin (PR, politics)
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
accurate; correct; precise; exact
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to call again; to call someone back
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
attendance; presence; appearance
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
busy; having no (free) time
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret