voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
overcrowding; crowded; congestion
counting by the minute (of a schedule, etc.)
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
going around; patrol; round; tour
miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
trembling from fear; trembling all over
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
literally; to the letter; literal
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh