going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
large biceps; well-developed biceps
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
financial planner; feature phone
mouse (esp. laboratory); (computer) mouse; mouth
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
to compete with; to vie for
measurement error; calculation error
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
piece; fragment; one (object)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
keychain; key chain; key ring (encryption)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain