repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
escorted person; person being guarded; ballast tamper; tamping machine
to run down (stairs, etc.)
low-rise (architecture); low-level; low-class
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
official copy of the family register
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
in loud gulps (esp. of alcohol)
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
mount; stand; lens mount; mounting (e.g. a drive); mounting (animal behaviour); asserting dominance
major subject; special study
anonymity; using an assumed name
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
ward office; council (regional)
marital relationship; marital relations
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
permanent; perpetual; lasting
to name; to call; to christen; to term
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
recreation; diversion; relaxation
first shrine visit of New Year
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)