hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
unit; (musical) group; band
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
smiley (face made up of characters); emoticon
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
current value; price; market value
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
cooking; food preparation
the five Ws and one H (who, what, when, where, why and how); 5W1H
handmade object; craftwork; handmade
moving; touching; stirring
in person; personally; (do) oneself
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
error; mistake; slip; bug
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
courting; wooing; making advances
fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal