horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
the same kind; accomplice; partner
good humour (humor); good mood
to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
experiment; experimentation
to provide against contingencies; to prepare for the worst
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
the very best; excellent; superb
minute adjustment; fine-tuning
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
firm; strong; solid; stable
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
sentiment; sentimentality
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
outcast; misfit; deviant; maverick; nonconformist
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here