rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
again (and again); once again; yet again
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
being startled; getting a shock
to chase; to run after; to pursue
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to summon courage; to be brave
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
to thrust before; to thrust at
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
each and all; every single one; everybody
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors