hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
suffix for familiar person
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
long talk; long-winded speech
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
specialization; specialisation
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
third stage; three stages
throbbing (pain); pounding; stinging
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
front; frontage; facade; main
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
to crack; to develop a crack
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)