to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
mass communication; mass media
overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
to kidnap; to abduct; to drag (someone to an event or place); to force (someone) to go (to)
established practice; custom
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle
menu; schedule; program; menu
when it becomes; when it comes to
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to have a talk; to tell a story
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.