wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
war; battle; match; game; competition
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
sports ground; sports oval
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
running as fast as one can
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
to repeat; to be frequent
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
more than usual; especially; particularly
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly