familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
aptitude; aptness; suitability
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to stare back at; to look back at
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
fast-talking; rapid talking
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
revising (e.g. manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
setting sail; putting out to sea; starting anew; embarking on something new
directly opposite; right in front
to join together; to combine; to join up
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)