visit (from someone); call
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
toilet paper; lavatory paper
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence
sanitary-protection products (e.g. sanitary napkins, tampons); sanpro
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
what's that?; what the ...
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
locational advantage; advantageous position
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
great numbers; numerical superiority
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
is something that; is that which
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute
in terms of; from the point of view of
to have no chance (of succeeding)
pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top
throw; throwing; throwing event (e.g. javelin, discus, shot put)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
with a collapse; with a slump
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
within; inside of; less than
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population