to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
all over; all over the place; everywhere
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
(small crunchy) dried sardines
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to approach; to draw near
you (plural); all of you; you all
quitting while one is ahead
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
story of one's experiences
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to lose sight of; to miss
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood