quitting while one is ahead
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
to employ; to hire; to charter
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
junior high school student; middle school pupil
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
descendant; posterity; offspring
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
surely; certainly; without doubt
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
button (clothing); push-button
number of times; frequency; count
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
tendency; trend; inclination
three; three years of age