university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
tediously (explain, complain, etc.); repeatedly; persistently; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
have a good day; take care; see you
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
away (game, goal, etc.); opponents' ground; unfamiliar surroundings; feeling out of place; enemy territory
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
desperation; struggle to the death
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to talk; to chat; to chatter
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
cosmos; garden cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus); Mexican aster
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
time trial; time attack; race against the clock; speedrun
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
extremely disappointing; extremely frustrating; mortifying; vexing
visualization (of data, results, etc.); visualisation; making visible (something that was previously unseen); recording (a police interrogation)