recently; lately; these days
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
regular time; stated period
pardon me for leaving (first)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
second; number two; runner-up
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to become desperate; to give in to despair
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection