taking; accepting; receipt; leaving; departure; withdrawal
hand-to-hand combat; fighting at close quarters; close combat
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
occasionally; now and then; sometimes
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
area; region; district; locality
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
melancholy air; anxious look; traces of sorrow; gloom
round meat; meat from a pig's thigh (from which ham is made)
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)
ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
silent; quiet; solemn; softly; quietly; solemnly
marching orders; sailing orders
concern; solicitude; consideration
high speed; rapidity; rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train
ability; performance; efficiency
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)