ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
loading; charging; filling
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to be within one's capabilities; to be easy to chew
even if; even though; wow
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
a second time; again; once more; twice
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
a few years ago; some years back
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
top (of a flight of stairs); end (of a moving walkway); exit door (e.g. of a bus); steps down (from a bus, etc.)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to approach; to draw near
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
(electric) torch; flashlight
complete darkness; total darkness; pitch darkness
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly