finish; finishing; finishing touches
protein; protein powder; protein supplement
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
truancy; absence without leave
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
within; inside of; less than
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to be exhausted; to be worn out
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
pointing out; identification
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
matter of time; question of time
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
instead; but (on the other hand)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag