to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
roof tile; tiled roof; objects crowded together (e.g. houses)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
outbreak of war; starting a war
time; hour; period; class
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
like this; in this way; as you see
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to set (sun); to become dark
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
all one has; all one's possessions
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
here and there; in places
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)