taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to apologize; to apologise
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to tighten; to press hard
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
reef knot; flat knot; square knot
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
starting line; starting point
sports ground; playing field; playground
straight course; straight-way; a straight
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to straighten up; to sit upright
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl