recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
writing; composition; essay; sentence
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
results; record; grades; marks
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
soldier; combatant; warrior
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
real experience; actual observations
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
script; screenplay; scenario
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to intend; to be sure that
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
reproachful; hateful; bitter