to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
old girl; former female student; alumna; office girl
(university) admission category for recommended candidates
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
forgetting; lapse of memory
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
to perceive; to understand
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to walk in on; to tread upon
information transfer; information transmission
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
older sister; elder sister
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud
having gone too far to turn back
to throw open; to leave open
counter for chairs or seats
interruption; suspension; break
holding (i.e. holding something); holding-pattern (e.g. aircraft)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct