downstairs neighbour (neighbor); subordinate
on the occasion of; at the time of
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath
plastic bag; polyethylene bag
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
manjū with a meat filling; steamed yeast bun with a meat filling
fried chicken (esp. American-style)
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
have a good day; take care; see you
vast; limitless; boundless
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
putting one's hands behind one's back; having one's hands behind one's back; behind; rear; back
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
snake; serpent; large snake
that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce