opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
stepwise; one step at a time
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
tight skirt; straight skirt
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
being filled with; being full of; permeation
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
water's edge; beach; foreshore
in succession; one after another
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
item used during spring (esp. clothing)
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to call again; to call someone back
to wet; to moisten; to dampen
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
right side; right-hand side
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive