sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
digital versatile disc; DVD
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
conservative without party affiliation
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
way; method; means; resource; course
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
people; men and women; each person; everybody
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
man among men; manly man; alpha male
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
man's weeping (esp. someone not prone to tears)
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
other than; excluding; without
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
commencing with; including
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
long-awaited; much-awaited
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section