considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
marathon; long-distance race
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
interference; meddling; butting in
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
to be infected; to be contagious
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
prefix used to strengthen a derogatory adjective
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
image; figure; figure; form; image
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
difficult to ...; hard to ...
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student