sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
superior; superiors; senior
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
first year of high school; first-year high school student
(period of) a year; during an era
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
great enthusiasm; high excitement
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
under the staircase; understairs
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
street stall; stand; booth
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day
New Year's Eve; end of the year
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
email newsletter; email magazine; e-zine; e-mag
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
chief; main; principal; important