to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
business; trade; operations; sales
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
society; public; community; social studies
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
no!; no no!; no, not at all
chief; main; principal; important
calamity; disaster; misfortune
riskiness; (level of) danger
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
the same rank; equality; apposition
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
in advance; beforehand; previously
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
senior high school student
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
sense of duty (obligation)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
personal; individual; private
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest