to wipe the slate clean; to start anew
competent; suitable; qualified
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
cutting (cloth, paper, etc.); judgement; judgment; decision
obliteration; annihilation
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to glare at each other; to confront each other
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to discuss; to talk together
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
freely; frankly; without reserve
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
to be similar (to); to be akin (to); to be like
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
firm; unshakeable; resolute
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
companion; partner; spouse
the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past
to blaze; to burn brightly
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
as usual; as is one's habit
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid