to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
stairs; stairway; staircase
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
trivial; not amounting to much
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
anything and everything; just about everything
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
university student; college student
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
sign; indication; omen; symptom
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with