breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
proposal; proposition; suggestion
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
(one's) quota; assignment
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
scorer; scorekeeper; record keeper
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
in proportion to; just as much as
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
finish; end; completion; result
exemplar; model; example; pattern
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
air route; air lane; by air; by plane
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to look forward to something
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience