warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
fighting game (usu. one-on-one)
most recent work (e.g. book, film, etc.); latest work; latest offering
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
commercial paper; CP; communist party; CP; cerebral palsy; cerebral paralysis; counterpurchase
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
admiration; wonder; astonishment
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
to hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone; to stalk
person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; (lit.) goldfish feces
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
share; portion; quota; cut
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
laughing while reminiscing
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
(with a) start; fright; alarm
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)