until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness
evening meal; supper; dinner
meal consisting of soup, rice and three dishes (esp. namasu, nimono and yakimono)
ingrained habit; second nature
muscular pain; myalgia; aching muscles; sore muscles
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
lying down on one's side; sleeping next to someone
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
emphatic sentence-ending particle
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
technical; technological; practical
limited; limiting; restrictive
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
unofficial report; confidential report
to become better; to improve
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
absorption; suction; attraction
party-internal; within the party
to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
to lose face; to be disgraced
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
failure (e.g. of a bill, motion); falling through; rejection; miscarriage
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye