future; possible; potential; prospective
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
overall victory; championship
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
pupil; student; schoolchild
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
whether or not; presence or absence
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
damage (esp. financial) caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors)
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
to knock down; to knock off
appointment; rendezvous; date
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
useless; vain; aimless; idle