to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
great cause; moral law; justice
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
everybody; every last one of them; all
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
printout; (computer) printing
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
accomplishment; execution
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to waste time; to kill time
tying up; binding; total; sum; conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; final meal after a drinking party
bunch of flowers; bouquet
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
pulling down one's lower eyelid and sticking out one's tongue (as a taunt or gesture of contempt or rejection); no way!; no!; get lost!
for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
day on which the temperature rises above 30°C
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
dissolute mind; hardened heart
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation