to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
lack of uniformity; unevenness; imbalance; inequality; disproportion
to compete with; to vie for
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to look around; to survey
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
the present term; the present session
foursome; group of four people; Gang of Four (Maoist political faction)
Hakurei (one of the eight major professional female titles of shogi)
being empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight); being penniless
extremely dangerous; full of peril
(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
popular name; common name; given name
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
to hide; to conceal oneself
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
normal operation (of a train service, bus service, etc.); running normally; normal state of affairs; business as usual
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment