nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
junior high school student; middle school pupil
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
relatively; comparatively
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
battle formation; military formation
long ago; already; a long time ago
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
now that; since; so long as; because
to be tired of looking at
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
several shots; several blows
one by one; one at a time; in turn
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
heating power; thermal power; firepower
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
to misread (a name, kanji, etc.); to read incorrectly; to mispronounce (when reading); to misread (a situation, trend, etc.); to misinterpret; to misjudge
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront