department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
patient; unhurried; leisurely
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
sports-minded; sports-oriented
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
personal combat; one-to-one fight
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to go past; to pass; to pass by
January; first month of the lunar calendar
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
sit-up; abdominal muscles; abs
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
physical strength; muscle strength