skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to be exhausted; to be tired out
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
unexpected meeting; coincidence
to look around; to survey
two persons; two people; pair; couple
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
loser; defeated person; the defeated
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
right (to do something); authority; power
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
for example; for instance; e.g.