vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
strong-willed; strong of heart
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to be jealous; to be envious
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
diagnosis; medical examination
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
proof; certain truth; demonstration; argumentation
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
to rage; to run amok (amuck); to tear around
final exam; term-end examination; end-of-term examination
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
New Year's Eve; December 31
admission ticket for an examination
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
near pin (golf); closest to pin (flagstick); close (closest) answer or figure
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
to give flowers as a gift
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle