spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; desire to paint
(not) even once; (not) ever
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
practice; practising; experience
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
drug deal; drug dealing; drug trafficking; drug trade
subversion (of the state)
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
scrap of cloth; odds and ends
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)
two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike)
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized