standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
process; course; mechanism
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
singing to one's own accompaniment; reciting while playing the shamisen, biwa, etc.
demo tape; demonstration tape
propulsive power; driving force
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
band (group of musicians); band (material); strap; belt (clothing); (frequency) band
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
Fender Telecaster (guitar)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
manners; behavior; behaviour
long tone; sustained tone
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to forget completely; to leave behind
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
molecule; numerator; element (of a group); member; particle