to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
admiration; wonder; astonishment
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
senior high school student
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
death match; deathmatch; fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle
inter-scholastic athletics competition
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
Japan and North Korea; Japanese-North Korean
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed