to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
showing no signs of (verb); extremely unlikely to (verb)
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
succession; continuation; series; sequence
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
first match (in a series)
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
and so; therefore; for that reason
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
emotional strength; force of will
to backfire; to have a harmful result
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
telop; television opaque projector; device used to broadcast onscreen text (e.g. subtitles, captions); onscreen text and images (e.g. subtitles, captions, scrolling tickers, logos)