domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
silence; stillness; quietness
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
sleepover; overnight stay
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
excitement; stimulation; agitation; pride; haughtiness; arrogance
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
senior high school student
university student; college student
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
period of time; time slot; time zone
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
courting; wooing; making advances
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
courtship behavior (animals)
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
the opposite sex; isomerism
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge