to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
alcohol; alcoholic drink; alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
several times (as large, over)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
to begin to walk; to set out
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
determination; resolution
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
job-placement magazine (for new graduates)
proposal; proposition; suggestion