faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
first year of high school; first-year high school student
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
common people; ordinary people; masses
abstinence; self-denial; celibacy; asceticism; abnegation
fake; improvisation (in jazz music, singing, etc.); ad-lib; feint (in American football)
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to drive (something) into; to strike into; to throw into; to toss into; to mix; to wear (a sword)
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
geisha; dressed-up beautiful woman
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together
athletic meet (esp. at primary school); sports day; field day
good impression; favorable impression
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
fairly wide; quite large; relatively spacious
talking while standing; standing around talking
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
athlete's oath of fair play
Japanese style; Nihon-shiki romanization (of Japanese)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
obstacle race; steeplechase (athletics)
tama-ire; game in which two teams throw as many balls as possible into a basket atop a high pole (usu. played at school sports festivals)
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value
kickoff party; rally; pep party
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
to impose a punishment (on); to punish