several minutes; a few minutes
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
ardent; passionate; vehement
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
falling down one after another (like dominoes); toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
dealing with; coping with
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
the opposite sex; isomerism
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
considerably; greatly; a lot
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
centre of attention; center of attention
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
hateful; detestable; loathsome
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment