endurance; perseverance; patience
experience; history; record; career
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)
(this is only) the beginning; just the start; jonokuchi; lowest division in sumo
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
long ago; a long time ago; already
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
calm; composed; cool; quiet
appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety; greenness
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
coffee-flavored milk; coffee milk
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm
evening meal; dinner; supper
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to get hungry; to become hungry
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention