to put on airs; to assume importance
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
old hag; old woman; old bat
items mentioned; contents (of a record); recorded items; entries
health and physical education
low hit (e.g. in baseball or golf); downhill
sickness bag; sick bag; vomit bag; motion sickness bag
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to be mature and kind; to be well-balanced; to be a good person
to cast in a mold (mould)
this side; in the forefront
(student) exchange; study abroad
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; (lit.) as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck
edge of the ring; verge; brink; critical moment
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color
please be careful; please take care
seventh month of the lunar calendar
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
in accordance with; subordinate to
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
concluding festivities; concluding program; concluding programme; final day of a tournament
bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
being used to socializing with women (of a man)
samsara; cycle of death and rebirth; being reborn; reincarnation