crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
to open (one's eyes) wide
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
example; exercise (for the reader)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
had better ...; had better not ...
contemporary writing; modern text; modern Japanese writing; modern Japanese (as a school subject); literature written since the Meiji period
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to need; to demand; to take; to require
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
number of times; frequency; count
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...