abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
baton (of command); order; command; direction
to go on a fool's errand; to go in vain
viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)
participatory; participating; hands-on
variety show (on TV or radio)
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
transparency; degree of clearness
to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.); to die down
pumice stone; loose rock; loose stone; floating group; group without a base
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to scrape off; to shave off
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
can't help worrying; besides myself with worry
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
heaven and earth; top and bottom
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shuuto (type of pitch commonly used in Japan); shootball; shoot (of a tree or plant); chute
in case of; at that time; at this time
life; living; I; me; student
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
fall; drop; descent; coming down
wet and glistening; slimy; slippery
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
opposite bank; farther shore
dryer (esp. hair); drier; blower
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
dive (e.g. into water); diving; dive (of an aircraft)
goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)
prevention measure; preventive measures