reopening; resumption; restarting
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
mental illness; emotional disorder
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
even if ...; even supposing that ...
portable brush-and-ink case; quiver (archery)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
each and all; every single one; everybody
to breathe out; to exhale
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
such; this sort of; like this
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
desperation; struggle to the death
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
sentence; verdict; pronouncement