practice game; practice match
homeroom; form room; home run; human resources; HR; heart rate
to cause someone to worry
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
about this time; about now
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
uniform worn in martial arts (judo, kendo, etc.)
pure heart; naivete; innocence
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
desperately; for one's dear life
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
desperately; recklessly; (rushing) headlong
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
pavement café; sidewalk café; open-air café
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
wrong; different; not like that
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to live fast (and recklessly)
hard-to-believe; unbelievable; incredible; fabulous
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected