setting a bad example to others
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
secretariat; executive office
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
(primarily in shogi or go) response; countermeasure; counter-measure
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
grade; class; quality; unit; digit; positioning of decimal point
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
don't you think?; indicates question
thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering
ten; 10; ten years of age
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
second (unit of time); arc second
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
stealthily; secretly; in secret