last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) pickled just overnight
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
to go before; to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten
radicalization; radicalisation; intensification; aggravation; sharpening (e.g. of an image); narrowing (of a peak)
simple and clear; plain and simple
duple time; duple meter; duple metre; two-four time
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
coarse (texture or grain)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
to fill a hole with earth
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
repentance; confession; penitence
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
beyond imagination; unimaginable
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
older sister; lass; young lady
nothing but; none other than
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
surely (not); certainly (not)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence