knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant
leaving everything up to someone else
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
school of one's (first, second) choice
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
for the present; for the time being
point of compromise; common ground
to grumble; to make difficulties
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
two times; twice; two degrees
unpredictability; element of surprise
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
naivete; simplicity; innocence
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
double suicide; lovers' suicide
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
yacht (esp. a sailing boat with one mast); sailing boat; sailboat
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
memory; ability to remember
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
taking the field first, thus batting second
to gain a victory; to win
match; game; bout; contest
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to have more wins than losses; to lead someone (by no. of matches); to take the lead over an opponent (in points)
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
professional woman go player
(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.