injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
being the runner-up; finishing second
senior high school; high school
overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
regular; standard; regular player (on a team); regular guest (on a TV show); regular (gasoline)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
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
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
shuttlecock; shuttle service (e.g. bus); shuttle (weaving); space shuttle
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
manual labor; manual labour; handwork; manual procedure
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft