participation; joining; entry; adherence
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
selection; choice; picking out
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
oval tub or tray used in fish shops
ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)