Aomori (city, prefecture)
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
two incompatible things (or people); (going together like) oil and water
neutralization; neutralisation; neutralization (e.g. of a poison); counteraction
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
collaborative research; joint research
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
guardian; protector; patron; parent
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
huge win; overwhelming victory
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
occasional; infrequent; rare
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
tracing; trail left in the snow (by mountaineers); following (a trail of footprints); trace (of a matrix)
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
imbalance; proceeding irregularly; unsteady progress; limp; claudication
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace