revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to head home; to leave for home
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
shopping area within a train station
sacrifice sale; selling at a loss; dumping; clearance sale
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
bet; wager; stake; gamble
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
to continue to rain or snow
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
distant look; faraway look
to call a person's attention (to)
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage