official in charge; person in charge
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
lanky person; beanpole; lamppost; tall and thin; lanky
carrying (someone) on one's back (esp. a child); piggyback ride; relying on (someone); being (financially) dependent on
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to break the tape (at the finishing line); to breast the tape
to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
pole; trolley pole; pole (unit of length or area); rod; (opinion) poll
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
school badge; school emblem; school insignia
engraving a seal; engraved seal; engraving; inscribing; brand (i.e. a mark of disgrace); stamp
four-legged; four-footed; (four-legged) animal; beast
point spread; point difference
three-digit number; hundreds column
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
stochastic; probabilistic
theme; subject; motif; theme for the Imperial New Year's Poetry Contest
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to get teary; to be moved to tears
drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole
game in which a dangling piece of bread is grabbed in the mouth and raced to the finish line (in school sports festivals)
to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
venomous snake; poisonous snake
poisonous spider; venomous spider; wolf spider
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
bundle of banknotes; stack of bills; large sum of money
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead
method of patterning traditional Japanese clothing (the tops of all of patterns being pointed at the highest part of the shoulder)