vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
close; intimate; on good terms
heading; header (in soccer); butting (in boxing)
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
dribble (of a ball or puck); dribbling
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
calamity; disaster; misfortune
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
ten; 10; ten years of age
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
distinction; differentiation; classification
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
very hungry; starving; ravenous
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
fragment; one of the group or party
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
covered with; stained; smeared
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to have one's horizons broadened
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
direct control; direct supervision
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
(political) power; authority; influence
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring