(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
ineffective move (in go or shogi); wasted move
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
surface of a board or record
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)
easy to read; legible; clear
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
diligent student; drudge; swot
overhead ladder; horizontal ladder; monkey bars; yunti (scaling ladder used for escalade in ancient China)
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face