defeat; loss; reverse; setback
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
post-game analysis (go, chess, othello, etc.); post mortem
wild uproar; pandemonium; clamor of voices; noisy; uproarious; clamorous
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
harmful animal; pest; vermin
undisputed; entirely; perfect
to have (something) innate; to be born with
to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
with a bang (of a gun); with a boom (of artillery); with a thud; with a thump
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
strict order; peremptory command
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
pending; undecided; unconvicted; awaiting judgement
carrying power; transportation (carrying) capacity
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
commencing with; including
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
in person; personally; directly
catalogue; catalog; list of betrothal presents; gift register; (table of) contents; certificate of initiation
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel