to face; to go towards; to head towards
number one; first; best; most; game; round
from now; from this moment; henceforth
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; requesting a video review (of a referee's call)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
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)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by