busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
intuition; instinct; hunch
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
secrecy; highly classified information
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
(social) class; rank; grade
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
power; authority; jurisdiction
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
pounding (of one's heart); throbbing; thumping; heartily (eating); devouring; munching
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
covered in mud; mud-caked
hair (on the head); (a) hair
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
(young) girl; maiden; young lady